Urban Images Graz
When I travel, I hate sightseeing. The reason I travel is getting to know other places as experienced by the locals. Still, the locals ́perception of their surroundings is highly subjective, as is my view on my hometown Graz.
I did this photo spread as practical part of my bachelor thesis. I want to show places, buildings and objects which give my home-town Graz its unique feeling. What I intend to convey is not a per- spective of Graz as the tourism industry would promote it but an image of the city that sheds light on, perhaps, more trivial aspects. In combination, these aspects provide insight into everyday life in an individual and unconventional manner.
My approach was to experience the city. I did not follow any specific route but selected the subjects on account of spontaneous visual impulses. Spontaneity is an essential aspect of urban photography, as everyday images can best be capured instinctively. The only target I set myself was not just to show Graz as an entirely romantic, charming city but as a place of contrasts. As a result, the photo spread became an ensemble of detailed, total, ugly, posh, natural, architectural, colorful and dull subjects found throughout the city. Enjoy.
Griesgasse
Schönausiedlung an der Kasernstraße
Graz, rechte Murhälfte
Pommergasse
Freiheitsplatz
Kaiser-Fraun-Josef-Kai
Maria-Theresia-Allee
Paulustor
Nibelungengasse
Straßganger Straße / Peter Rosegger Straße
Schönaugürtel
Schillerstraße
Freiheitsplatz
Johann-Fux-Gasse
Hilmteichstraße
Daungasse
Kärntner Straße auf Höhe Don Bosco
Belgiergasse
Schönaugürtel
Straßganger Straße / Grottenhofstraße
Kalvarienbergstraße
Maria-Theresia-Allee
Graz, rechte Murseite
Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Kai
Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Kai / Schloßbergplatz
Pommergasse
Ballhausgasse
Jakominiplatz
Neutorgasse / Andreas-Hofer-Platz
Paradeisgasse
Südtiroler Platz
Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Kai
Rösselmühlpark
Elisabethstraße zwischen Glacisstraße und Merangasse
Griegasse auf Höhe Arche Noah
Glacisstraße
Berliner Ring
Schönausiedlung an der Kasernstraße
Nibelungengasse
Stastpark / Glacisstraße
Kalvarienbergstraße
Daungasse - This Hakenkreuz is supposed to show that apart from many positive aspects, Graz also has a terrible past as a Nazi stronghold in Austria. I dissociate myself vehemently from this ideology and I hope that someday the Hakenkreuz disappears entirely from the walls of this city.
Schönaugürtel
Keplerstraße
Paulustor
Griesgasse
Stadtpark / Parkring
Elisabethstraße zwischen Glacisstraße und Merangasse
Dominikanergasse
Hauptbrücke (Erzherzog-Johann-Brücke)
Schlossberg, Pavillon
Griesgasse
