#schoppernau

Back from our beautiful hiking vacation in Austria. I tried to use the dramatic mountain scenery to push the “Lùrithic vision photography” topic forward and it worked pretty well :) Above’s a collection of some favorites. The wilder ones start to capture the “alien planet” feel of my red-plant headworld.

I made this short film as an ode to the Diedamskopf above Schoppernau — a mountain that has quietly become part of who I am. Schoppernau itself has become a place I hold very dear, a village where I was fortunate enough to spend three months this winter, and where, over the past years, I each and every time found a warm nest — sometimes just for a few days, sometimes for longer.

I have run up the Diedamskopf countless times. All footage was recorded over the past two months, during repeated ascents from the village to the summit. Every climb has been a gift. Along the path there were so many warm encounters: people stopping for a brief chat, spontaneous high-fives shared in passing, the constant friendliness of those living here. The people in the huts, the staff at the local ADEG supermarket, who welcome me back so openly each time I return and settle here again. The deer and chamois that so many times narrowly crossed my path.

My special thanks go to Marianne, who always offers me a home with an open heart, in her beautiful house in this extraordinary village. And to my Dornbirn friends: Martin, Birgit und Uli. Servus!

ps: BEAUTIFUL MUSIC: 'Hodedge', Free Desmyter & Bassem Hawar (the Takenouchi documents)!!

Schoppernau, Austria. March 2023

Corona macht glücklich. Was nicht mehr selbstverständlich ist, wird wieder neu geschätzt. Einheimische, die sich über die wenigen Gäste freuen. Gäste, deren Erwartungen mit dem schlichten Hiersein erfüllt sind.