Photographer Josef Hoflehner: Visual and Technical Wonders

One portfolio I’ve been turning to quite frequently over last month is photographer Josef Hoflehner’s. Hoflehner is a landscape photographer, of both the urban and more natural varieties, whose exquisitely done black and white prints capture slices of time with near sublime results.

A frequent traveler, Hoflehner has photographed the landscapes of too many places to fully mention here, but the list includes the likes of Yemen, India, Iceland, Vietnam, Cairo, Venice, New York City, and most recently the rapidly changing cityscape of Dubai. I had hoped to pick out some favorites, but ended up failing, there’s unfortunately just too many gems in Hoflehner’s many series of works. Hoflehner has a keen eye for picking out just the right composition, and does so without falling back on any formula. From symmetry to asymmetrical, balanced to unbalanced, Hoflehner finds a way to make everything work, and does so with great aesthetic effect. That’s not to say Hoflehner just takes a pretty photo though. Unquestionably Hoflehner’s skilled technique at working in black and white, and frequent use of long shutter times do make for beautiful photos, but Hoflehner’s photographs don’t leave the seriousness out in the field, instead they easily balance depth and beauty with profound results.

Josef Hoflehner (b. 1955) is an Austrian photographer know world round for his black and white photography work. Hoflehner was the winner of the Nature Photographer of the Year 2007. Hoflehner is represented around the world in over 13 galleries including the Bonni Benrubi Gallery in New York City. Many more examples of Hoflehner’s work, as well as finely produced monographs of his work, are available at his website, www.josefhoflehner.com.

All images in this post: © Josef Hoflehner.
Title image features: Water Buffalo II – Guangxi, China, 2007 © Josef Hoflehner.

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