Collaborative work between my mother and me.
My mother was a tailor and used to run her own studio in which she designed and sewed mainly made-to-measure clothing such as evening dresses, coats and costumes.
Once she organized a fashion show in her atelier where she presented her work. I was a child at that time and too small to understand what exactly she was doing.
Now I am not only old enough to understand and appreciate her work, but I've also had the opportunity to work with her and combine our work.
Clothes: Veronika Breit
Hair and Makeup: Max Artemis
Models: Jiji und Zora
Facing Traditions is a collaborative project with stylist Johanna Bouvier and hair and make-Up Artist Max Artemis. Together we discovered the fashion history of their home country by questioning and rethinking traditions. With the aesthetic resources of photojournalism and fashion photography, they are facing the history of Austria, recreating a new story, adopting these garments and smashing old traditions.For this ongoing project, they teamed up with Austrian designer Susanne Bisovsky.
published and exhibited via Selfselfbooks during Milan Design 2022 at Pergola 15
Teens (in their rooms), photobook published via Fotohof Edition
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Design: Studio Martin Steiner
Broschur, Fadenheftbindung,
beigelegtes Faltplakat
20,5 x 28,5 cm, 80 Seiten
38 Abbildungen
€ 20,-
April 2021ISBN 978-3-903334-11-3
Solo Show, Improper Walls 1150 Vienna
Interview with fm4 about the show
Presstext, DE:
„Teens (in their rooms)“ ist das erste Buch der Fotografin Anna Breit. Die Bildserie portraitiert Jugendliche in ihren Zimmern und bedient sich der ästhetischen Mittel der Fotoreportage.
Das Buch wird mit dem Zitat „The Kids Are United“ eingeleitet, ein Kommentar auf die Gegenkultur, welches auch auf die Jugend der Fotografin selbst verweist. Anna Breit setzt sich in ihrer meist analogen fotografischen Arbeit mit der Darstellung von Menschen aus ihrem näheren, persönlichen Umfeld auseinander. Für die vorliegende Serie jedoch lernte sie ihre Protagonistinnen und Protagonisten auf der Straße und über Social Media kennen. Dem Buch liegt auch ein Poster bei.
“Dear Mama,
I think you are truly beautiful.
Happy Birthday!
Anna”
Unseen Amsterdam 2022
OstLicht, Vienna 2020
was chosen as a cover story for “die Presse - Schaufenster”
„My series „Bodies“ explores the beauty of human bodies through abs- traction and precision. My intention is to celebrate the beauty and inten- tionally work against the sexualisation of the human body.
With the help of well trained and accurately performed yoga and dance poses these bodies obtain a sculptural quality. Even though there is a lot of skin and less cloths, the pictures are not to be seen as sexy.“
America 2018
I am happy to announce that my work is part of the new book, "The Man Who Fell From Earth", published by Harpune Verlag.
Together with Hanna Putz, I photographed the working process of Jonathan Meese, Daniel Richter and Tal R for an exhibition at Holstebro Kunstmuseum.