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I wanted to explore the country I grew up in. A chance journey brought me to Micheldorf in Upper Austria, where I began photographing village life. I was drawn to the beauty of the everyday in a community of nearly 6,000 people, for whom Micheldorf is the centre of their lives.
As I became more familiar with the place, I became increasingly aware of the limits of trying to describe a social space through a single photographic narrative. There were different stories, perspectives and ways of approaching the same place. Even its name pointed to multiplicity: three other places in Austria are called Micheldorf. The project gradually expanded beyond one location.
For the book, I was interested in constructing a sense of place and identity through selection and sequencing of photographs and text fragments.
I developed three versions of the book. Each contains exactly the same material, arranged in an entirely different sequence. Working through these sequences was a way of exploring several possible narratives without adding or removing anything.
The versions are distributed at random and marked 1/4, 2/4 and 3/4. A fourth version was never made.
Book available at: The Eriskay Connection
EXHIBITIONS
2025 / Sensen Museum Micheldorf / solo / Micheldorf in OÖ, AUT
2024 / Les Rencontres de la Photographie / group / Arles, FR
2023 / Goethe Exil / group / Hannover, DE
2021 / Graduation Show, BA Photography, KASK / Ghent, BE
AWARDS
2025 / Nomination, PHotoESPAÑA Best Photography Book of the Year
2024 / Nomination, German Photobook Award
2023 / Nomination, C/O Berlin Talent Award
TEXT
2025 / tagebuch.at
2025 / faz.net