Artist Statement
Like a skillful illusionist, Kay von Aspern reveals to the viewer only what he wants them to see, wielding his lens like a wand and manipulating various aspects of the scene. He is capable of not just capturing a moment in time, but in creating a portrait that tells a unique tale. He stalks the streets for hours, searching for the next story to tell. Some days, the gods of art are elusive and he returns empty handed; and other days, he is struck from the moment he leaves his front door, instantly swimming in a sea of beauty, angst and poetry. It is for those rare days, that Kay is driven to wander the city, looking for the extraordinary within the mundane.

 

 

Kay von Aspern
born in Itzehoe (Germany)
currently living in Vienna (Austria)

Publications in print mediums, e.g.:
Datum - Seiten der Zeit (A)
Brennpunkt – Zeitschrift für Fotografie (Ger)
Publication Magazine - Nick Turpin Publishing (GB)
Wiener Zeitung (A)
Die Presse (A)
Radiate Magazine (GB)
Book "Berlin + Wien" - Christian Reister, Kay von Aspern (Ger/A)

Exhibitions:
2005 VCC Perfect Pictures, Hamburg (Ger)
2009 Exhibition for the presentation of the book “Kindsein zwischen Leben und Überleben / childhood between life and survival” (publisher: SOS Kinderdorf), Vienna (A)
2010 group exhibition “fort_be_weg_en” “eyes on” – european month of photography, Vienna (A)
2011 Look11 Photography Festival, Liverpool (GB) - Seconds2Real group exhibition
2011 Gallery Hertz, Louisville (USA) - contemporary street photography
2011 Meinblau Gallery, Berlin (Ger) - Seconds2Real group exhibition
2012 Gallery Anzenberger, Vienna (A) - Seconds2Real group exhibition
2012 Foxhouse Vienna (A) "nothing to declare"
2012 group exhibition - selected austrian photography, Stilwerk Vienna (A)
2013 "Berlin + Wien / Kay von Aspern + Christian Reister", Eigensinnig Vienna (A)

Other:
2012 finalist / London Street Photography Festival