Tichá
Subtitle: und Umgebung = and surroundings = a okoli : Fotografien 2009-2014
By: Helmut Steinecker, Thomas Ballhausen; essay [by] Thomas Ballhausen
Contributors: Steinecker, Helmut
Series: Fotohof edition; Fotohof Edition
Publisher: Fotohof
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Salzburg
Language: ger
Number of pages: 111
ISBN-13: 9783902993069
Subjects: Artistic Photography; Pictorial works
Other titles: Helmut Steinecker : Tichá
Work titles: Photographs
Description: Tichá is a border village in southern Bohemia, just one wooded hillside away from where Helmut Steinecker lives in the Austrian village of Unterwald. Along what was once the Iron Curtain and is now referred to as the Green Belt, Steinecker encounters relics from almost half a century of a divided Europe. This secluded area appears to be settling in to a new identity somewhere between ruins and kitsch. As a former restricted zone that is now opening up, the village finds itself in an exceptional situation historically. This village and its 100 or so inhabitants is the focal point of Steinecker's photography,a photography both objectively concentrated and emotionally affecting.The narrative text by Thomas Ballhausen, fragmented recollections of once iron clad threats, opens up a further dimension on the photographic essay.