Lukas Beck

Lukas Beck (2000)

Lukas Beck (born December 9, 1967 in Vienna ) is an Austrian photographer .

Life

Lukas Beck studied ethnology at the University of Vienna.

His work specializes in music and theater and has been shown in Vienna's Leopold Museum , the Westlicht photo gallery and the Palais Coburg . Beck is the author of various illustrated books and has photographed CD covers and posters. He has photographed for many Austrian media as well as foreign ones such as Die Zeit or The New York Times .

Beck's main theme is people and their peculiarities. He has portrayed the musicians Willi Resetarits , Hans Söllner , the actors Dennis Hopper , Christopher Lee , Johanna Wokalek , the opera singers Elīna Garanča and Edita Gruberová , the crime novelist Wolf Haas and the politician Mohamed ElBaradei . Beck has been leading the photography course for the Ö1 Summer Academy since 2003.

Awards

2003: Austrian Journal Prize
2009: Lichtfarben 2009. Austrian Prize for Intercultural Press Photography
2013: Matsalu Nature Film Festival, Special Prizes of the Tallinn Zoo
2014: International Independent Film Awards, Gold Award for Cinematography
2018: Golden Society Medal of the Photographic Society

Publications

Ostbahnkurti and the "Chefpartie", 1993 Edition Tau
Spaces in Motion, 2002 Springer Vienna New York
Luxury Shopping Guide - Vienna, 2003 EchoVerlag Vienna
Kurt Ostbahn and the Combo, 2004 NP Verlag St. Pölten
Vienna Boys' Choir, 2004 NP Verlag St. Pölten
Vienna, tradition and modernity, 2004 Schmid Verlag Vienna
Hans Söllner - picture book, 2006 Trikont Munich
Revenge 2008 Substance Media Vienna
Excellent Vienna in 50 portraits 2010 Ueberreuter Verlag
The Vienna City Hall, 2011 Bohmann Verlag
Life in the Zoo 2011 Echomedia
Location Book 2012 Bohmann
Love Boundless 2012 Echomedia
Film talks 2012 Synema
City People 2015 Picus
The social face of Europe 2015 Falter

Solo exhibitions

1993: "OstbahnKurti and the boss part", Vindobona Vienna
1995: "AugenBlick", Donaufestival Krems
2002: “Heard seen” Westlicht Wien
2004: "Vienna Boys Choir", Palais Coburg Vienna
2004: “Vienna, Tradition and Modernity”, Leopold Museum Vienna
2008: “International football cage”, Urbanart Gallery, Vienna
2015: "Protest", WAK, Vienna
2018: "Beckstage", Theater am Spittelberg, Vienna
2018: "Best of Lukas Beck", Messe Congress, Vienna

Movies

2008: “Be A Mensch”, ORF
2008: "MoZuluArt", Universal
2010: "Folded radio live", Hoanzl
2013: "Schönbrunn Animal Stories - Life in the Zoo", Universum Documentation, ORF
2015: "Polyphonic - The Vienna Boys' Choir", documentation, ORF
2016: "Still", documentary, ORF

Web links

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Beck, Lukas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian photographer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 9, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna

[1] Photographer's biography on: "The Other Picture"

[2] The New York Times