Photo exhibition "Salzburg: Portraits of a City"
We invite you to the photo exhibition “Salzburg: Portraits of a City” featuring works by Anusha S. Yadav (Mumbai, India) and Anja Hitzenberger (Salzburg, Austria and New York, USA). This exhibition is organised by the Austrian Cultural Forum New Delhi in collaboration with Dhoomimal Art Centre.
When? Saturday, 26 February to Friday, 4 March 2011, daily from 10 am to 7 pm (Sundays closed)
Where? Dhoomimal Art Centre, A-8 Connaught Place, New Delhi 110 001
About the exhibition:
The City of Salzburg is known around the world for its historic architecture, cultural flair and picturesque landscape. Much less do people know about the residents of this town of 150.000, when it is them who really create the unique atmosphere of Salzburg. Salzburg is the most cosmopolitan city in Austria, with more than 150 nationalities calling it home.
For this exhibition, representatives of the communities of Salzburg were put on center stage. Their portraits, taken in locations picked by them, not only tell inspiring life stories but embody the diversity and versatility of Salzburg. With a gallery of faces created by photographers Anusha S. Yadav and Anja Hitzenberger, we invite you to stroll along Markartsteg, Müllnersteg or the bank of the river Salzach, but also to explore the at once local and global perspective of Salzburg.
About the artists:
Anusha S. Yadav (Mumbai, India)
Anusha S. Yadav is an Urban Documentary Photographer and Photo Archivist. A graduate of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, she began working as an independent editorial and documentary photographer in 2006. She has exhibited among others at NCPA Gallery, Mumbai, Tasveer Gallery, Bangalore, Art Motif Gallery, New Delhi, and in Salzburg, Austria. Her photographs have featured in publications like Slanted (Germany), Times of India, Hindustan Times, Sunday Guardian, CNNgo.com, and Asian Photography. Anusha is also the founder of the Indian Memory Project, a social endeavour to trace a personal history of India through pictures found in family albums.
www.anushayadav.com
Anja Hitzenberger (Salzburg, Austria, and New York, USA)
Anja Hitzenberger is a photographer, filmmaker and video artist whose work focuses on the body and its relationship to architecture and space. Her photo, film and installation work has been exhibited and used in live performances in Europe, the United States, South America and Asia, and published internationally in magazines, books and newspapers. The Manhattan-based photography installation “Changing Room” by Anja Hitzenberger was critically acclaimed in the New York Times. Her short film “Barcelona in 48 hours” made from black and white photographs was screened at film and dance festivals around the globe. Anja teaches at the International Center of Photography in New York.
www.anjahitzenberger.com
