Josef Hoflehner Explained

Josef Hoflehner (born 1955) is an Austrian photographer known for his dramatic black-and-white landscape and subtle color images.^[1] He is also known for his "Jet Airliner" series—mostly high-key photographs of people on Maho Beach on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten, overshadowed by low-flying passenger planes taking off and landing at Princess Juliana International Airport.^{[2] [3] [4]} He was voted Nature Photographer of the Year 2007,^[5] and named as one of "Austria's 10 Best Contemporary Artists" in 2014.^[6]

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. .^[7]
• Retrospective 1975 - 2015 (2015 teNeues)

Exhibitions

• Frozen History, Atlas Gallery, London, 2006^[8]
• Sublime, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, 2010^[9]

External links

• Josef Hoflehner's Official Website
• Josef Hoflehner BBC Online Exhibition

Notes and References

1. News: 'Patience' for the perfect image. CNN .
2. Web site: Plane Landings on This Island Are Insane. Jordan G.. Teicher. June 3, 2014. Slate Magazine.
3. News: This Is What It Looks Like When Planes Land Right Over Your Head . Huffington Post . 14 June 2014.
4. Web site: Scary Runway Forces Planes to Land Close to Beach (PHOTOS) - weather.com . www.weather.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140619080004/http://www.weather.com/travel/scary-runway-forces-planes-land-close-beach-photos-20140618 . 2014-06-19.
5. Web site: Professional Winner Page . Photoawards.com . 2012-12-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110715081229/http://www.photoawards.com/en/Pages/Gallery/reportPRO.php?comp=7&S1=LIST+WINNERS . 2011-07-15 . dead .
6. Web site: A Guide to Vienna's Best Contemporary Artists. Valeriya. Safronova. Culture Trip. 29 July 2014.
7. News: 2020-07-02. Photo-Op: In Plane Sight. Wall Street Journal. 11 January 2013. 0099-9660.
8. News: 2020-07-02. Catch this: photographer Josef Hoflehner. 4 February 2006. 0307-1235. The Daily Telegraph.
9. Web site: 2020-07-02. Art Review: Josef Hoflehner at Stephen Cohen Gallery. 18 November 2010. Los Angeles Times.