Urban Photography | Fotoeins Fotografie

24T67 Von Trauben zu Türmen (from grapes to towers)

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It’s early Saturday morning, and I head north to the Nussdorf ridge-line for a little hike and a long look. There’s the occasional jogger and bicyclist willing to climb the grade. But Nussdorf is home to many vineyards. As Europe’s largest urban vineyard, Vienna has within city limits about 700 hectares (1700 acres) of vineyards, producing over 2.5 million litres of wine every year.

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61-seconds: “from grapes to towers.”

*Wine grapes, but there’s still time to mature and ripen; it’s only mid-summer.*

*I’m a fan of the Grüner Veltliner and the “mix” in Gemischter Satz.*

*Facing southeast over vines and Danube river, and towards various towers; including the Donauturm (left-centre), DC Tower 1 (centre), and the Millennium Tower (right).*

*Nussberger Weinberge (Nussberg vineyards), as the slope falls off and “disappears.”*

I made the photos and video above with an iPhone15 on 13 Jul 2024. This post composed with Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.

24T57 Gasser’s figures and forms in Vienna

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In Vienna, Austrian artist Hans Gasser (also, Hanns Gasser: 1817-1868) created a variety of sculptures which are clearly visible and easily found by visitor and resident alike, if they know where to look and what they’re looking. Here are some examples:

HGM: 8 statues above main entrance
Palais Ferstel: 12 statues above Café Central
Stadtpark: Little Danube fountain
Votivkirche: exterior, above main portal
Westbahnhof: Sisi statue
Wien Museum Karlsplatz: “Little Danube” statue

24T56 Vienna: “tell these people who I am”, by Iris Andraschek

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In 2011, Vienna-based artist Iris Andraschek produced a series of installations as “carpets inscribed” into the pavement at 3 separate locations in the 7th city district (Bezirk Neubau). Each “carpet” highlights a woman’s story and her important contributions to the city’s history.

Landmarks – a series of art works, for example – provide impetus for exploring and discovering parts of a city. That’s been my approach to Vienna’s districts over the last 3 summers. Adding to memories I’m making, I keep finding the new, even in places I’ve passed through many times before.

24T55 Caryatids and columns

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The word “caryatid” is described in the Oxford Reference as “carved female figure, usually clad in long robes, as an architectural support column; first used in Greece.” For architectural elements commonly found on buildings from the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, I’ve come across some caryatids, columns, and statues over the last couple of days in the Austrian capital city.

*Josefsplatz 5: caryatids at Palais Pallavicini, formerly Palais Fries.*

*Graben 20: boy wearing a fez holding onto a coffee bowl, and the year, 1862, Julius Meinl was established*.

*Tuchlauben 1 / Bognergasse 1. The Chanel is a “somewhat recent arrival,” inserted between two caryatids.*

I made all photos inside Vienna’s 1st district with an iPhone15 on 30 Jun and 1 Jul 2024. This post composed with Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.

24T51 Musical Mödling: Beethoven & Schönberg

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Just south of Vienna’s city limits is Mödling which is easy to reach with S-Bahn or regional trains. Ludwig van Beethoven spent parts of 3 summers here in town. In the early 20th-century, Arnold Schönberg and his family lived in a house for a number of years, before moving to California.