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Seconds2Real’s exhibition “Fascination Street” will have its next stop in Vienna. As it is my first exhibition in Austria, I am going to show parts of my series and book ALEX from 2008-2010. All details here.

For those who missed the show in Berlin:

Four more opening days, then the Fascination Street exhibition in Berlin will be closed. This Sunday at 7pm we’ll be having a public finissage. Everybody’s invited to come along (again) and have a drink with us. Siegfried Hansen, Thorsten Strasas, Guido Steenkamp, me, and maybe some more exhibiting photographers will be present. Eventpage on facebook.

Btw: meanwhile my ALEX book was sold out at the gallery. They now have more copies – and it’s still possible to order it online – signed or unsigned.

Seconds2Real launched an album of pictures from the Fascination Street vernissage and the first 2 days over on facebook.

The opening of Seconds2Real’s first group show last friday was a stunning and funny night with lots of good conversations + very different people. I was happy to see a lot of old friends as well as a lot of people whom I didn’t know but who knew me. The exhibiton is open until October 30th.

Kickstart for the weekend – join the opening party of Seconds2Real’s group exhibition Fascination Street this Friday, 14th, from 7pm til late. Nine members of Seconds2Real – including me – are showing about 100 prints at MEINBLAU Kunsthaus in Berlin. There are Gallery Talks and Tours on the weekend also. Check Seconds2Real’s website for all details.

Seconds2Real, Street Photography Collective from Austria and Germany, are exhibiting work at Bold Street Coffee, Liverpool, from today until 13th July, 2011. For any reason I don’t know, there is still no information on the Look11 Liverpool Photography Festival website about it but at least there is a blog post by Sara T’Rula who kindly organized the exhibition for us. She will also be running an interview series with all Seconds2Real photographers in the next couple of weeks. So stay tuned on ST84PHOTO blog.

Update: Look11 website is updated.

As a part of the Indie Photobook Library, my book ALEX is on exhibition at the New York Photo Festival this weekend like it was at the snap! Festival in Orlando, Florida last weekend. So if you should be around Dumbo…

I feel honoured that Seconds2Real asked me to join their co-operative. We have some exciting plans for 2011 – a common book release about Street Photography in Austria and Germany as well as exhibitions in Vienna and in Berlin.

Check the Seconds2Real website for an ALEX selection with some pictures from the book that haven’t been published on the web so far. My other gallery on the Seconds2Real websites features photographs from Urban B’Sides and new photographs taken in Berlin this year.

…and of course be shure to check all those other fine galleries by my new buddies.

Had a great opening party last night at refugium 2 with a few hundred people visiting the neunplus exhibition Mittelpunkt der Welt. My ALEX book was delivered just in time – so: it is OUT NOW!

4th European Month of Photography in Berlin
Mittelpunkt der Welt [Center of the World]
neunplus at galerie weißer elefant / refugium 2

The exhibition presents photographs of Nikolaus Brade, Piero Chiussi, Lina Gruen, Fred Hüning, Klaus Muenzner, Christian Reister and Mirjam Siefert.

Opening + Release of my book ALEX : 16.10.2010, 19 h
Duration of the exhibition: 17.10. – 13.11.2010
Opening times: Di-Sa 13-19 h
Location: neunplus in der galerie weißer elefant / refugium 2
Auguststraße 21 (2ed floor) / 10117 Berlin / T 0049 30 28884454

More information on the neunplus website and the 4th European Month of Photography in Berlin website.

5 years ago there was a group exhibition called Gott, Berlin und die Welt [God, Berlin and the World] in Berlin, Kreuzberg. Five photographers curated by Andreas Rost. I showed a view images taken in several cities such as Sydney, Hongkong, Cairns, Dublin, Glasgow, Berlin. Seen from now it’s interesting what photographs I chose at the time. At least two of them later became part of the Urban B’Sides series. The press text said that „The photographs of Christian Reister are driven by speed, humour and upbeat colours. They speak in a modern optimistic language but behind the flashy surface there’s often somthing profound and abysmal.“ Well…

Image above: Berlin 2004, this one: Cairns 2005

The incubator of ALEX. Printed today. Will the finishing be done until Oct, 16th? 99,99% YES. Book presentation will be at the opening of the exhibition MITTELPUNKT DER WELT. Part of the 4th European Month of Photography in Berlin.

This weekend I have been at the Festival For Young Photojournalism in Hannover, Germany where 60 pieces of journalistic photography and several examples of audiovisuals were presented to an audience of about 20.000 people in five days. One can say that was a big success for high class photojournalism, which was said to be nearly dead in times of digital picture flood and a suffering press. But the ability to tell a story through fascinating images of high quality is still attractive to people who like to get good information from  journalists who want to show what’s happening in the world. More and more these journalists find ways to get independent of publishers and present their work in self-published books or as audiovisuals, tools who allow them to spread their work without editorial restrictions. The quantity of amazing quality shown in Hannover gives confidence that ambitious photojournalism is not dead, but rising like a phoenix… And hopefully some near day these photographers can again earn enough money for their living.

First we take Berlin then we take London. Just got the message that my LONDONERS series will be part of Slideluck Potshow in London this saturday. Fortunately I’ll be in London anyway so I’m very much looking forward to the event. Check SLPS Website for details.