NEWS:  Dez / 2021 / Luxembourg:

 

The Luxembourg Art Prize is an annual international prize organized by the Pinacothèque, a private museum in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

•  Awarding, official certificate, recognition and prestige at international level for Guenter Filzwieser ( photo artist )

 

 

Guenter Filzwieser

photo artist

 

My artistic approach lies at the interface between an objective media documentation of reality and its analysis.

The juxtaposition, journalistic strategy, documentary approaches and free artistic photography.

The analysis mainly correlates formal structural and subjective elements. ;-)

 

 

Tools: 

„The best camera is the one you have with you.“

Quote: (Eliott Erwitt). 

 

 

Inspiration: 

 

„There are pictures that fail. But I don't take photos to put them in the drawer.

 They should be seen. I don't care if you love her or not.“

 

 Quote: (Helmut Newton)

 

 

 Motivation:

 „I trust the same creative process that has been tried and tested by thousands of generations of artists before me. Patience.“

Quote: (David duCemin)

 

Definition:

An artist is someone who creates works of art as part of an artistic activity in the fields of visual arts, performing arts, music, literature or in one of their contemporary forms (in particular photography, film art, multimedia art, literary translation, sound art)

 Quote: (Definition of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce)

 

 

 about me:

 

• born: 1968 / Austria / St.Pölten
• 2001-2011 austrian army photographer
• 2006 trainig: pressphotographer / photojournalism / vienna / austria 
• Lecturer/2006: (Bernhard Moestl www.moestl.com  & Stephan Rauch stephanrauch.com)
• 2006/2007 journalism training / salzburg / austria  (Lecturer: Michael Roither )
• 2008 best pressphoto / austria / category-feature / www.objektive-fotopreis.at
• 2009 best military picture / austria
• 2011- today pressphotographer / press department lower austria
• 2013 EMPA (European Military Press Association) best military photo 3rd place
• Awarding, official certificate, recognition and prestige at international level for Guenter Filzwieser (photo artist)

 

traveling:

caribbean (trinidad+tobago, mustique, puerto rico, st.vincent,etc.)

asia (malaysia, singapure, thailand, pula langkawi, etc.)

europe (germany, italy, bosnia, greece, cezech rebublik, holland,etc)