{"id":40935,"date":"2022-01-24T04:59:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=40935"},"modified":"2025-02-10T13:24:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T12:24:49","slug":"street-photography-exhibition-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/street-photography-exhibition-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Street Photography exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/instantlysmall.jpg\" alt=\"Street scene\" class=\"wp-image-40936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/instantlysmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/instantlysmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Saunter through the streets of Vienna, twirling your moustache and dipping your hat at a passing carriage. Or blink at the bright lights of a 21st-century metropolis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <em>Instantly! Street Photography in Vienna<\/em> exhibition shows photos from the late 1800s to modern times<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Includes previously unseen works as well as those by photographers of renown<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hosted at the Wien Museum MUSA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Runs May 19 &#8211; Oct 23, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/musa\/\">MUSA visitor and tickets info<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Current &amp; future <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/#photography\">photography exhibitions<\/a> in Vienna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"instantly\">Instantly!<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/streetphoto.jpg\" alt=\"Kaserngasse around 1902; photo from the Wien Museum Collection\" class=\"wp-image-40937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/streetphoto.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/streetphoto-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(August Stauda, Kaserngasse (now Otto-Bauer-Gasse), Vienna, around 1902; photo from the Wien Museum Collection)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many coffee table books of Vienna feature those glorious hi-resolution photos of the numerous historical or architecturally-interesting buildings that fill the city. History becomes a series of palaces and churches interspersed with portraits of monarchs and musicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Instantly!<\/em> exhibition at the Wien Museum MUSA offers another view of Vienna through contemporary and historical street photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today&#8217;s Instagram culture invites us all to be street photographers, documenting urban life both fake and real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the exhibition also captures such modern aesthetics, the photos on display date all the way back to the late 1800s, too: a time of fewer smartphones and more sideburns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A chronological journey along cobblestones and pavements offers fascinating perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The photographs capture the banal and everyday, offer glimpses of raw humanity away from the polished brochures and advertisements, give life to history, and measure out the transformation of a city in a series of snapshots of time&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So we see, for example, a crowded tram from the early 20th century: the ladies in hats you only see today at weddings and Ascot. And we look down familiar streets free of road markings and roadside signs, which conveys a remarkable feeling of space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition draws primarily on the vast photo collection of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/vienna-museums\/wien-museum\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"26812\">Wien Museum<\/a> with some works appearing in public for the first time. I use the collection regularly when researching posts for this website or simply indulging in fun &#8220;then and now&#8221; comparisons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The photographers featured include such early documenters of everyday life as Emil Mayer (1871-1938) or August Stauda (1861-1928), but also star photographers like Ernst Haas (one-time president of the legendary Magnum Photos) or Franz Hubmann (subject of a 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/franz-hubmann-photo-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"33981\">solo exhibition<\/a> at the Albertina).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In among the displays, you find little treats such as Mayer&#8217;s photo of a traffic policeman just before WWI, complete with helmet and sword.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or Andreas Baumann&#8217;s 1998 photos of &#8220;Vienna motorists out and about&#8221;, which captures the Viennese soul in skeptical faces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But there are moments of poignancy, too, such as soup kitchen queues in the 1930s or images of women waiting for the return of prisoners of war in 1948.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In summary: a delightful pot-pourri of Viennese life through the decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tickets-and-dates\">Dates, tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Travel through the streets and alleys of Vienna from May 19th to October 23rd, 2022. Buy a ticket for the exhibition from the counter once you&#8217;re inside the building proper. (NB: the MUSA has since transitioned to free entry for its exhibitions.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Instantly!<\/em> exhibition adds another arrow to the quiver of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/#photography\">photography exhibitions<\/a> in Vienna in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In particular, be sure to see what&#8217;s on at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/hundertwasser\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"17067\">Kunst Haus Wien<\/a> at that time: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/when-the-wind-blows\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"41954\">When the Wind Blows<\/a> photo exhibition runs from March 12th to August 28th, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-get-to-the-exhibition\">How to get to the exhibition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/musa\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"22139\">Wien Museum MUSA article<\/a> for travel tips. One neighbour is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/rathaus-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"267\">Rathaus<\/a>, so you might pass the exhibition as you admire Vienna&#8217;s newly-renovated neogothic city hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Felderstra\u00dfe 6-8, 1010 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1CvFy08QgKnm1x4rkMf89o2bjRoLw78on\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saunter through the streets of Vienna, twirling your moustache and dipping your hat at a passing carriage. Or blink at the bright lights of a 21st-century metropolis. Instantly! (August Stauda, Kaserngasse (now Otto-Bauer-Gasse), Vienna, around 1902; photo from the Wien Museum Collection) Many coffee table books of Vienna feature those glorious hi-resolution photos of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40936,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-40935","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-museums","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40935"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80160,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40935\/revisions\/80160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}