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Photographs: Austria, Photographs: Night, Photographs: Travel, Photographs: Urban/Street

Souvenir Shop, Vienna

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Night photograph of a souvenir shop in Vienna, Austria

Souvenir Shop, Vienna. © Copyright 2018 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Night photograph of a souvenir shop in Vienna, Austria.

We had plans — still do, sort of — to go back to Europe later this year. At the moment, while we have not cancelled anything yet, it is looking more and more likely that those plans will end up being cancelled. At least I can plow back into my raw file archive from previous trips and go there vicariously for now!

Almost two years ago we were on the road, mostly in Europe, for seven weeks in the summer. We spent a few days in New York City before flying to London for a very short visit. From there we did a large loop through The Netherlands, Germany, and France. Along the way we made four-day stops in several cities, saw three Wagner operas at the Bayreuth Festival, and then met up with family at a big place we rented not far outside of Paris. This photograph comes from our visit to Vienna, and on this evening I went out with a small camera and one lens to photograph the night scene.

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Photographs: Architecture, Photographs: Austria, Photographs: Travel

Interior Detail, Austrian Postal Savings Bank

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A red chain in front of a window alcove in the Austrian Postal Savings Bank, Vienna

Interior Detail, Austrian Postal Savings Bank. © Copyright 2018 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A red chain in front of a window alcove in the Austrian Postal Savings Bank, Vienna

Someone recommended that we take a look at the Austrian Postal Savings Bank (Österreichische Postsparkasse) building while we were in Vienna a couple of years ago, so we headed out and started walking that direction. The remarkable building, created in the early 1900s, was designed by Otto Wagner. The features that probably most attract attention are the art nouveau exterior and the open and airy main hall on the first floor.

Since we were not in a hurry, after we looked at this features we noticed an entrance to a hallway at the rear of the hall and found our way to a museum dedicated to Wagner. Back in that part of the building other spaces were also open, including one with this window opening to an enclosed inner courtyard. A single red chair stood in front of the alcove, presumably so that it could be displayed as an example of the furnishings of the place. The scene is interesting to me for its juxtaposition of interior and exterior light, the architectural details on the walls, and because something about the one empty red chair seemed vaguely ominous.

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Photographs: Austria, Photographs: Travel, Photographs: Urban/Street

Walking Man

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A man walks up a gentle slope in front of old buildings, Vienna

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A man walks up a gentle slope in front of old buildings, Vienna

Two summers ago we spent seven weeks “on the road” traveling though parts of Europe. We travel on our own — except when we meet up with family members — and tend to sort of wander in whatever places we visit. On this occasion we were in Vienna and, if I recall correctly, the Austrian Postal Savings Bank (Österreichische Postsparkasse), a remarkable bit of early twentieth-century architecture. While I do have photographs of that location, I also make photographs of… things like this.

In cities I usually carry a small rangefinder-style camera with a small prime lens attached, and I often have it ready at my side as I walk. That was almost certainly the case here. I am pretty certain that I initially had been photographing the blocky architecture of this street when I saw this man about to walk into the frame.

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Photographs: Austria, Photographs: Travel, Photographs: Urban/Street

In Front of St. Stephen’s Cathedral

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People walking at night in front of St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna.

In Front of St. Stephen’s Cathedral. © Copyright 2018 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

People walking at night in front of St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna.

Two summers ago we took a long tour through a bunch of European cities, traveling on our own and spending at least four days at each stop. This gave us time (though there is never really enough of it) to wander and poke around these places. One of our stops was Vienna, where we had not been before. I knew things about Vienna, but I didn’t really get its culture until we got off the train, caught a taxi, and drove past the remarkable architecture of the place. We stayed not far from this location at St. Stephen’s Cathedral, which gave me the opportunity to grab my camera and go out to photograph in the street at night.

This is, of course, a busy part of Vienna — full of shops, all kinds of obvious tourist attractions, restaurants and so on. While I sometimes can be a bit annoyed by dense crowed (though, at other times, energized by them), right now I’d give anything to share these streets with a few thousand other people on a summer evening.

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