Helga Traxler  *1984 in Freistadt. Based in Linz (Austria) specialized on fashion photography with snapshot-aesthetic.

  • CV

07/2010-03/2010: 3-month New York City: internship at
Walter Schupfer Management (mainly production assistant)
since 10/2009: master studies in visual communication at the University of Arts in Linz (focusing on photography)
10/2006-06/2009: bachelor studies in photography&graphic-design at the University of Arts in Linz (B.A.-gratuated with honors)
since 11/2007:  assistance-job at a photographic studio in Linz
10/2005-06/2006:  studying theatre-, film- and media-science at the University of Vienna
01-08/2005:  working as an au-pair in Barcelona
09-11/2004:  3-month work placement at a private radio station in Vienna
06/2004:  A-levels at a higher school for economic studies

  • NOMINATIONS/PRIZES/GRANTS

10/2009:  grant for my bachelor project Letters in the Mailbox and Myself  awarded by the University of Arts in Linz
06/2009:  Editorial Award 2009 – Prize for Fashion Photography by UnitF (Vienna)
05/2009:  New York Photo Awards 2009: nomination in the category Editorial Student Single
03/2010: ö1-Talentebörse – presentation of myself on this special radio platform focusing on the introduction of very talented young artists
08/2010: ö1-Talentebörse Sommerreihe opening

  • REFERENCES
Heimatfilmfestival Freistadt 2007/2008/2009
Crossing Europe Filmfestival 2009/2010
Fleisch-Magazine Party 2009 at Gartenbaukino in Vienna
Calendar-Shooting for  u\hof Linz: Theater für junges Publikum
Photography for the new Image-Guide of the University of Arts in Linz (will be out in Oct. 2010)
Sunnseitn-Tanzlust, Localbühne-Freistadt, Sujet-Photography

  • EXHIBITIONS (selected)

06/2010: Eight Views – group-exhibition during 10Festival for fashion&photography at Contemporary Gallery, Vienna
05/2010: Real Fake – University of Arts in Linz (group-exhibition of the master studies in visual communication)
03/2010: Soul Samples – Photopresentation, Galery West, Linz
06/2009:  Letters in the Mailbox and Myself, Brückenkopfgebäude, main square of Linz
06/2009: Editorial-Award, Photopresentation at Semperdepot, Vienna
03/2009: Nature Mutation, Lecce (Italy)
03/2008: Czesky Krumlov – pozadi, dahinter, behind (CZ)

  • ON GOING
    10/2010-03/2011: Master Studies in New Media and Communication (special focused on my master-thesis in photography) at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Lisboa/Portugal

photo by Maximilian Haidacher