About Us

Philipp Graf – www.philippgraf.at

Interested in old structures and new architectures in Vienna and the world. For years a passionate photographer of the lettering of old shopfronts as well as street furniture related to all kinds of themes in Vienna.

From 2008 to 2010, the first collaborative project with Martin Frey: a photo documentary on Vienna’s Südbahnhof, the rail station torn down in 2010 in order to make room for the new Hauptbahnhof.

His photobook “Wiener Postbriefkästen” features 42 views of Viennese postboxes and was presented at the Vienna Art Book Fair in 2019. He discovered these finds along the way in Vienna and while exploring the city.

Professional training in the fields of biological, molecular and food technology. Works in pharmaceutical and biotechnological research and product development.

Martin Frey – www.martinfrey.at

Realisation of a number of documentary photo projects, including those on markings related to Viennese cellars which had served as air-raid shelters (1992-2011) and on Vienna’s Südbahnhof (2008-2010, in collaboration with Philipp Graf)

In Budapest in 2017, together with Hanna Schimek, he realised the artistic and urban-research project “Budapest Windows – It’s all about shop windows – but also more…”, with exhibitions at the FUGA Budapest Center of Architecture and at two other locations.

In 2011, the first photographs were created for “Vienna windows – display in progress” – a photoblog on abandoned shopfront displays in Vienna, in collaboration with Hanna Schimek.

In 2009, he begins the long-term project “Döner macht schöner (with kebab you’ll need no make up)”, which explores changes in the appearance of Viennese (shopping) streets.

“The cheap-eaters” (2006–2008, in collaboration with Helmut Mörwald) was inspired by Thomas Bernhard’s novella of the same name. A hidden camera (a Nokia 6230i mobile phone)was used to create short photo stories about public canteens in Vienna and Berlin, some of which no longer exist.

Studied theatre, film and media studies as well as journalism and communication science at the University of Vienna. Freelancer in the fields of graphic design and project development.