#daniel augschoell

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Immagine dal reportage fotografico Parts Unknown di Daniel Augschoell e Anya Jasbar www.welovehotwaffles.com Il reportage è parte della pubblicazione 76 libbre e XVI soldi, prodotta da Limno sul complesso di Forte Marghera, Venezia.

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From the series: Celestial Planisphere by: Daniel Augschoell http://www.welovehotwaffles.com/daniel_augschoell/index.php?/works/celestial-planisphere/

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Daniel Augschoell is almost 25 years old and has two cats and a beard. MOSSLESS: Tell me something about Ahorn Magazine. How has it progressed since day one? DANIEL AUGSCHOELL: I founded Ahorn Magazine together with Anya Jasbar in February 2008. In those two years we have been able to collect a good amount of interviews with photographers we admire and essays about contemporary photography.

We are very happy that Ahorn is developing as a point of reference in the field of fine art and documentary photography. In addition Anya and I are working on a new editorial project that will see Ahorn in its printed form, probably next year. ML: What would be your dream feature for Ahorn Mag? DA: My dream feature would be making a conversation with Robert Adams at his home in Oregon, drinking tea and looking at books.

ML: How do you create your images? Do you usually use the same camera? DA: The images I make are usually already in my head. I like to walk a lot and look carefully at things. Occasionally I search for something specific (I have a little notebook where I write things I'd like to photograph), other times I just wander around waiting to be surprised and from time to time I go back to a place that I've been before but didn't photograph for various reasons. Regarding the camera, I regularly use a 6x7 medium format camera and every now and then an old 35mm reflex. And I have plans to work with a 4x5 large format camera soon. ML: In what ways have you collaborated with Anya Jasbar? DA: Anya and I collaborate in various ways. We work together on the magazine, we made a project called "Americans in Sweden" and we will start a new photographic project soon. Apart from that we always support each other when it comes to our personal projects and we discuss a lot till late in the night.

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DANIEL AUGSCHOELL, 25, BERLIN

Where are you from? Where did you live until you moved to Berlin?

I’m originally from a small town located in the Italian part of the Alps, on the border with Austria. Before I moved to Berlin I have lived in Venice for about four years.

Several of your series were shot around the border between Austria and Italy, a region rarely seen in photographs. What attracted you there?

Most of my photographs are made in that area because it is the place I know best. I’m really attracted to the landscape, to the silence that still resides in those places. You can walk for hours without seeing anyone. I usually like to drive around alone, and then I stop somewhere and start to walk. I like the calm of those places, a kind of meditative atmosphere that helps me focusing better on what I see, what surrounds me.

You seem to do collaborations quite often, with Anya Jasbar for Ahorn Magazine, with Jake Dow-Smith and others for MANY. How do you think these different experiences influence your own work?

I don’t know if these experiences influence my work in a direct way. I certainly think that both collaborations are very constructive, in a different way. Anya and I work together on Ahorn Magazine, we share our different opinions, discuss about photography in general and about our personal works. I find our conversations always inspiring.
Unfortunately I don’t know Jake Dow-Smith personally, but only through the Internet. So it is a kind of indirect collaboration. I would love to collaborate with him on something more specific.

You recently relocated to Berlin. How is studying at the Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie and what are you working on these days?

I started studying at the Ostkreuzschule in March, and I really like it so far. Unluckily there are not many students that share my vision of photography. There is a mix of students from many different backgrounds, so someone may prefer photojournalism or someone else fashion photography. But I’m not saying that it necessarily has to be a bad thing, it could also be positive. We’ll see.
I haven’t started a concrete photographic project in Berlin yet. Right now I’m more interested in knowing the place a little better. I just like to take the train or subway and to step off in some unknown place. What really attracts me right now is the suburban landscape. There is a kind of mix between nature and architecture that really fascinates me.

You recently started a tumblr dedicated to American Photography. What attracts you in the American photography, both old and contemporary?

I have always been interested in American Photography. Starting from Timothy O’Sullivan and Carleton Watkins to Robert Adams, the New Topographics and Stephen Shore, what really attracts me to American Photography is the depiction of space. Looking at those photographs I get the impression that the American landscape is there to be photographed. It is something I see also in the new generation of photographers. With the blog I’m trying to find a narrative line that connects contemporary to older photographs, trying to show lesser-known, unexpected images of both the young and the masters.

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