The Best of Vienna photos from Lizelle de Wit

We are very happy to present one of the photographers that is participating in  

the Best of Vienna photo exhibition and competition for the calendar 2012-2013: 

Lizelle de Wit from South Africa

Biography:

"Born in the spring of 1972, one of four children and the baby of the family, I grew up in the North-Western part of South Africa with two brothers and a sister. Went to school in Brits, and though school life was not that exciting, I really loved the ‘Voortrekkers’, something similar to Scouts. We used to go camping, slept under the stars and did night walks during the full moon having to find treasure by using clues along the route. Needless to say, we often got lost in the process. 

I have fond memories of my childhood, with visits to my grandparents’ game farm definitely in the top 10 and I guess this is where my love for nature started. We spent hours riding around on a donkey cart seeing who could spot antelope first, sitting around the campfire or just wandering around in the bushveld. I met my husband Chris while I was in school. We dated for several years and got married in 1992 and two years later our son was born. I worked for eleven years as a personal assistant until my husband took up a position at the United Nations in Vienna in September 2003. 

For the past 8 years I have been a homemaker, mother of a teenager, passionate cyclist and hobby photographer.  I love travelling, capturing beautiful images all around me and living in this beautiful city, Vienna.

 

The Best of Vienna photos from Habib Johar

We are very happy to present one of the photographers that is participating in  

the Best of Vienna photo exhibition and competition for the calendar 2012-2013: 

Habib Johar from Lebanon

Biography:

"My name is Habib Johar, hobby photographer, Lebanese born, with residence in Austria since many years due to the long civil war in Lebanon. 

I am an Information Technology specialist that has worked both in the private financial sector and currently in the United Nations for the office of internal oversight services.

I have been a passionate photographer for more than 20 years. My favorite motives are nature, people, architecture, colors, unusual light conditions and interesting perspectives."

The Best of Vienna model and promoter Belma Music

We are very happy to present Belma Music: Bosnian top model living in Vienna. She is also one of the best Mother Agency Models, Crystalline fashion model and "The Best of Vienna" and "The Best of the World " promoter together with Aleksandra Zdero, Margarita Kagalovskaja and Vesna Klindo.

Belma Music biografija

Bosanka, rodjena u Zenici 1991. godine. Sa samo par mjeseci se zajedno sa svojom porodicom preselila u Njemacku. U gradu Hannoveru je provela svoje djetinjstvo, naucila prve rijeci i napravila prve korake. Tu je i zapocela svoje skolovanje u (osnovnoj skoli ) - "Grundschule Ahlem", koje je  od 2000. godine nastavila u rodnom gradu  Zenica. Njene najljepse godine obiljezila je "Prva Gimnazija" u Zenici, koju je 2010. godine uspjesno maturila. Svoje dalje obrazovanje odlucila je nastaviti u lijepoj Austriji, tako da je Belma sada studentica Pravnog fakulteta u Becu.

Setajuci u Njemackoj berlinskim ulicama, zapazena i zaustavljena je od modnog scouta. Time je bosanska manekenka zapocela svojim prvim angazmanima u Berlinu. Taj korak joj  je otvorio vrata u svijetu mode. Ne ilzazeci iz tog svijeta, imala je priliku da na jednoj od revija u Becu upozna i svoju sadasnju nabolju drugaricu Aleksandru Zdero. Takodje zajedno suradjuju i na globalnom mulitikulturalnom projektu "The best of the Word". Belma ima veliko zadovoljstvo biti clan jednog takvog projekta, gdje se sva lejpota svijeta spaja na jednom mejstu. Belma je  "kcerka"  modne agencije "Mother Agency".

Belma Music  Biografie

Bosnierin wurde im Jahr 1991 in Zenica geboren. Mit nur ein paar Monaten zog sie mit ihrer Familie nach Deutschland.In der Stadt Hannover verbrachte sie ihre Kindheit, machte  ihren ersten Schritt und sprach das erste Wort aus. Dort begann sie auch mit ihrer Bildung in der Grundschule Ahlem, doch ab dem Jahr 2000 führte sie ihre Schulung in ihrer Heimatstadt wieter. Ihre schönsten Jahre  markierte das Erste Gymnasium in Zenica, wo sie ihre Matura erfolgreich absolviert hat. Sie beschloss ihre Weiterbildung in Österreich fortzusetzetn, also ist Belma jetzt eine Studentin der Rechtswissenschaften in Wien.

Beim Spazieren in Deutschland durch die Berliner Straßen wurde sie von einem Model Scout entdeckt. Somit begann Belma mit ihren ersten Tätigkeiten als Model und dieser Schritt öffnete ihr die Tür der Modewelt. Nicht aussteigend aus dieser Welt lerne Sie ihre jetzige beste Freundin Aleksandra Zdero kennen. Belma und Aleksandra arbeiten auch auf einem Mulitikulturellen Projekt  "The best of the World " zusammen. Belma macht es eine große Freude Teil dieses Projektes zu sein. Es  vereinbart das schönste in der Welelt auf einem  Platz. Belma ist eine "Tochter" der Agentur "Mother Agency".

Belma Music biography

Belma was born in Zenica (Bosnia and Hercegovina) in 1991. In her early age she moved to Germany with her family. In Hannover, (Germany) she spent her childhood, learned  the first words, and made the first steps. She  started her education in the primary school "Grundschule Ahlem" and  from 2000 continued  the school in her hometown Zenica (BiH), in the high school "Prva Gimnazija Zenica" where she spent the best time of her life and graduated  in 2010. Afterwards she made a decision to continue  her academic studies in lovely Austria, which makes her a student of the Law University in Vienna.

Walking through  the streets of Berlin (Germany) she was approached by a model scout, made the frst steps on the catwalk, as well as  first contract as a model. In the fashion world she met her current best friend Aleksandra Zdero. We are both currently supporting and promoting the multi cultureal project "The best of the World". Belma is also a "daughter" of  the model agency  "Mother Agency" in Vienna.

The Best of Vienna photos from Sheila Mara

We are very happy to present one of the photographers that is participating in  

the Best of Vienna photo exhibition and competition for the calendar 2012-2013: 

Sheila Mara from Brazil

http://www.sheilamara.com/

Biography:

"I was born in Vitoria, Brazil. I went to Architecture University in Rio de Janeiro. I have enjoyed drawing since I was a child. During my teenage years, I already knew that I wanted to become an architect and in 1993, I graduated in architecture and urbanism from the university Gama-Filho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. During my studies, I had the honour to start an apprenticeship in which I drew projects from the extraordinary architect Oscar Niemeyer. This rich and unique experience has polished me into becoming even more perfectionist.

I went back to Vitória, my hometown, and started to work for a publicity agency. I got deeply involved with graphic design during that time. It became one of my biggest passions, which fulfils an immense part of my life. It is my job and it is my pleasure!

My début into the world of artistic expositions happened in 1997, in the also debuting “1 st Digital Exposition” in Vitória, Brazil. Since then, I have been most honoured to participate in 16 different expositions in Brazil and 2 in Vienna, Austria, where I have been living since 2006. Here I felt deeply in love with the art of photography. I prefer to define it as a hobby which has shown me a new way of seeing and interpreting the world.

It is crystal clear to me today, that I have always had some sort of connection to art and its different ways of expression. I simply adore getting to know new people and their cultural differences, as well as travelling to new places."

The Best of Vienna photos from Laura Gaetano

We are very happy to present one of the photographers that is participating in
the Best of Vienna photo exhibition and competition for the calendar 2012-2013:

Laura Gaetano from Rome, Italy

Laura. Photo by: Stefan Hajek

Laura, photo by Maximilian Werdenigg

Biography:

"I was born in Rome and arrived to Austria when I was thirteen, after living in France for eight years. Some of my favourite things about Vienna are the relaxed environment, the architecture, and the parks. Having grown up in a village and coming from a capital city bigger than Austria's, I was always torn between the quiet, traditional routine and the fast-paced, stressful urban life; in Vienna, I have found a little bit of both things, which come together harmoniously.

I started developing an interest in photography when I was little, mostly to document our many family road trips abroad; with my first Analog SLR (a second-hand one from my mom) I practiced on friends from summer school and on my surroundings, later taking it on trips to Argentina and Norway, shootings from glaciers and corn fields, on horseback and on trains. I've experimented in different fields, lately especially with two extremes, namely food styling and live photography: a “lifeless” studio shot versus an action frozen in time, a moment caught on film. The very versatile and yet challenging nature of photography is what attracts me about it most; when I work in that medium, I follow my own set of rules (with a head-over-heels love for everything that happens before the shutter is pressed, almost exclusively working on manual settings with no editing of the pictures)."

http://www.alicetragedy.org/

The Best of Vienna photos from Anna Gredinger

We are very happy to present one of the photographers that is participating in
the Best of Vienna photo exhibition and competition for the calendar 2012-2013:

Anna Gredinger from St. Petersburg, Russia

“When a person looks at my photographs, I want him/her to start thinking.
That’s the thing I’m trying to reach.”
Anna Gredinger

www.foto-gredinger.at

Anna Gredinger, originally from St Petersburg, Russia, was first introduced to photography by her father, a keen amateur photographer. But her creative credentials run deeper still. While one of her grandfathers was a renowned icon painter, the other was a professional photographer with his own photo studio in Saint-Petersburg.

Today, Anna thinks of her photography as a ‘professional hobby’ – “something I do when I need to refocus or relax,” she explains. While still in Russia, she studied her craft at the Saint- Petersburg school of photography, gaining a degree in studio photography. Now, she is working towards a degree in Professional Photography through the New York Institute of Photography.

Since moving to Vienna four years ago, Anna has taken part in two exhibitions: one that helped raise money for children with physical disabilities and another at the Bulgarian Embassy when she showed off some of her portraiture work. She has also received an honourable mention in the International Photography Awards: a global competition that is billed as one of the most ambitious and comprehensive in the photography world today.