The image above is from an Austrian artist named Lois Hechenblaikner who shoots the "iconography of mass tourism". This series is part of an exhibition of 21 Austrian artists titled '21 Positions' at the Austrian Cultural Forum here in NY (pdf catalog of the exhibit). It's a nice lineup of artists most of whom were new to me...
As an aside, and I know this is completely unfair, but when I heard about an exhibition of Austrian artists my head instantly went to that scene in the film Before Sunrise where the two characters meet a pair of non-professional actors on a bridge:
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I actually hated Before Sunrise, but that scene was great.
Thanks for posting this. I'm Austrian myself, so it was a nice surprise to find something about Austrian photography on the net. This sure looks like an interesting exhibition. Some of the photographers whose work is shown I knew and some were new also to me. I have heard of "Before Sunrise" but haven't seen it, do you think it's any good (beside the scene you mentioned)?
Before Sunrise is a movie about a guy and a girl who meet on a train and end up spending one night together wandering around Vienna talking. Lots of talking. I loved Before Sunrise but then again when it came out I was the same age as the characters and was spending lots of time traveling around Europe trying to meet girls on trains. The movie does seem to polarize people. My wife hates the movie and calls it a "chick flick for guys". But whatever, I enjoyed it, and for me it was evocative and sweetly melancholy... I even (less so) enjoyed the sequel.
Thanks! I was touring Europe by train myself some years ago so I might enjoy the film.