Josef Hoflehner (born 1955) is an
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
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photographer
A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who uses a camera to make photographs.
Duties and types of photograp ...
known for his dramatic black-and-white landscape and subtle color images. He is also known for his "Jet Airliner" series—mostly
high-key photographs of people on
Maho Beach
Maho Beach is a beach on the Dutch side of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, in the territory of Sint Maarten. It is famous for being adjacent to the Princess Juliana International Airport and is a popular site for tourists and plane watc ...
on the Caribbean island of
St. Maarten
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, overshadowed by low-flying passenger planes taking off and landing at
Princess Juliana International Airport
Princess Juliana International Airport is the main airport on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin. The airport is located on the Dutch side of the island, in the country of Sint Maarten, close to the shore of Simpson Bay Lagoon. In 2015, the ...
. He was voted Nature Photographer of the Year 2007,
and named as one of "Austria's 10 Best Contemporary Artists" in 2014.
Photobooks
* ''Southern Ocean'' (2002)
* ''Frozen History'' (2003)
* ''Gegendum'' (2004)
* ''Unleashed'' (2005)
* ''Yemen'' (2006)
* ''Iceland'' (2006)
* ''Unleashed Two'' (2007)
* ''Big Island'' (2008)
* ''Li River'' (2008)
* ''Nine 9'' (2008)
* ''China'' (2009)
* ''Jet Airliner.'' Wels, Austria: Most, 2009. .
* ''Unleashed 3'' (2010)
* ''ZNZ: Zanzibar'' (2011)
* ''Jet Airliner: the Complete Works.'' Wels, Austria: Most, 2012. .
* ''Retrospective 1975 - 2015 (2015 teNeues)
Exhibitions
*''Frozen History,'' Atlas Gallery, London, 2006
*''Sublime,'' Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, 2010
References
External links
Josef Hoflehner's Official WebsiteJosef Hoflehner BBC Online Exhibition
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1955 births
Living people
21st-century Austrian photographers
Photography in Iceland
Nature photographers