Reinfried Marass Photography - Blog & Work

Model Aisha - The Wounded Woman - A Martyrdom of Life

Model Aisha & The Shadow OF The Devil

Aisha’s Life - A story dedicated to all the wounded women in the world.

About ‘Model Aisha’ & ‘A Martyrdom of Life’ (a very brief overview) : At the age of eight years she was raped by one of her mother’s steadily changing friends. Her mother commited suicide at age of 30. The public welfare put her to a boarding school, and soon Aisha and her sister were passed on to foster parents on a farm where both were treated like ‘cheap farm helpers’ , not like beloved kids. Thereafter she went to Vienna, Austria’s capital - a young, inexperienced, but pretty girl from the country side in the jungle of Austria’s largest city. Very soon she was introduced to the wrong people and spent some time in a gang. › Continue reading

Peter Beard - Pirelli Calendar 2009 - Making Of Video

Pirelli Calendar 2009 by Peter Beard

For decades now the ‘Pirelli Calendar’ is likely the most famous calendar in the world. Photographed by some of the best photographers and featuring only the top models of their time. And the Pirelli Calendar isn’t for sale, you can’t buy it officially. It’s a collectors item but sometimes there are offers on Ebay.

In my opinion the new released Pirelli Calendar 2009 tops it all. Photographed by Peter Beard at the Okavango Delta in Botswana, Africa, and featuring very tough models. On location photography at it’s best. Peter Beard does film and digital.  Over 60.000 images were made and Peter Beard has plans to publish a book covering the Pirelli shooting. And in the first time ever it isn’t just a calendar. It is also a statement about Africa and it’s threatened wildlife. Many thanks to Pirelli for supporting it ! › Continue reading

Auto & Sex - Auto Motor Sport Magazine - Cover, Double Pages

Auto & Sex

Auto & Sex - Cover-Shot and ”double pages” for Auto, Motor & Sport Magazine (SK), Special lifestyle edition Gentleman. The “Auto, Motor & Sport” magazine is the most famous car magazine in Germany and one of the leading automotive publications in Europe at all. Published by Motor Press International Stuttgart and released in numerous European countries. One photograph went on the cover and 2 images have been used inside the magazine, each printed on a double page. The images have been used to illustrate the ‘Auto & Sex’ cover story. ”Auto & Sex” - written by a woman -  a funny essay and statistic about the sexual behaviour of car drivers subject to the car brand they own.
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Spider Awards 2008 - Black & White Photography

'Classic Racing'. Black and White Spider Award 2008. Nomination Sport Professional.

“Judged by the most respected names in photography” - The results for the 4th annual Black & White Spider Awards 2008 are out.

I was honored as a nominee for the category of Advertising | Professional and   for the category of Sports | Professional .

The judging panel for the Black and White Spider awards consists of leading representatives of (among others) : Sotheby’s  (London),  Tate Gallery (London), Fratelli Alinari Museum (Florence), Magnum Photos, VII Photo Agency (New York),  LIFE Magazine, Man Ray Trust, ILFORD PHOTO (UK), Photo District News (PDN), Photo Life Magazine ( Canada),  Artrepco (Zürich), Leica Photo Gallery (São Paulo), Communication Arts, Lens Work, Heffel Fine Art, BIPP, ACMP, NZIPP, Hamiltons Gallery,  Galerie Baudoin Lebon (Paris), Torch Gallery (Amsterdam), Byron Gallery (Sydney) and others. … Full list of the judging panel

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Car & Girl - Mustang Girl with Ford Mustang Classic Car

Car Girl

Lyrics: Song ‘Mustang Sally’ by Wilson Pickett
Mustang Sally … Guess you better slow your mustang down
Oh lord … what I said now … Mustang Sally now baby … Oh Lord
Guess you better slow your mustang down … HUH … oh yeah

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Vintage steam locomotive, historic steam railway, Steyrtalbahn.

Steam Train

Austrias oldest and functional narrow-gage steam locomotive. Built in 1888 by Krauss, Linz, Austria. Steyrtalbahn, Austria, Europe. The research on the steam train history and technical data on the steam locomotive was done for the British ‘Railway Magazine’ .

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Austin Healey - Editorial Road Story

The winding roads of Austria - Healeying the Austrian Alps

A 6 page spread editorial road story for the ‘Healey Marque’ magazine published by AHCA - Austin Healey Club of America - Chief editor Mr. Reid Trummel. Januar 2009 issue of the ‘Healey Marque’ magazine, pages 22 to 27.

Austin Healey - The winding roads of Austria

Austin Healey - Loser Mountain and Hallstatt

Austin Healey -Healying the Austrian Alps

Cross-Country with a ‘Big Healey’ 3000 MK III to some of the most beautiful places in Austria. To drive, not to be driven - “The way that you wander is the way that you choose. The day that you tarry is the day that you lose…”

Text by Aisha Hajdin and Reinfried Marass.
Photographed by Reinfried Marass for ‘Healey Marque’.

Surrounded by springlike mild temperatures, paired with a scenical view on Austria’s snow-covered pikes, a removed top and the marvolous agility of an Austin Healey makes a trip across mountain routes a special kind of life experience.

Austria is a small country located in the heart of Europe, with a landscape scenery that is famous for it’s mountains, lakes and rivers - a fact which is even anchored in it’s Hymn. 

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Janelle Brown - Book Cover Layout for the Novel ‘All We Ever Wanted Was Everything’

Woman in car

Layout book cover for Janelle Brown’s first novel ‘All We Ever Wanted Was Everything’ - Netherlands edition (Alles wat wij wilden was alles). Although the cover was favored by the layouter and they did fight for it like hell, the outline was ‘client killed’ by the publisher.

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Fresh MILK photo competition - a celebration of humanity

Fresh MILK photo competition is calling for entries. No entry fees.
We are now halfway to the closing date of the Fresh M.I.L.K. photography competition. We have received some wonderful images from around the world, and we would love to receive an entry from YOU!
A $125,000 international competition to find photographs that capture spontaneous and humorous moments shared between friends, families and lovers. › Continue reading

To Be Part Of A Legend

Classic Wooden Italian Riva Boat

The Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH, Europe’s leading game company, celebrates it’s 125th comany Anniversary in 2008. In addition the company is celebrating it’s 50th Anniversary of the world famous classical card game ‘MEMORY’ .

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Photographer James Nachtwey - The Story Breaks

Photographer James Nachtwey

James Nachtwey, one of the world’s greatest photojournalists and winner of the 2007 TED Prize, received “one wish to change the world”:
“I’m working on a story that the world needs to know about. I wish for YOU to help me break it, in a way that provides spectacular proof of the power of news photography in the digital age - James Nachtwey”

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Lucie Foundation Announced

Formation of LUCIE FOUNDATION announced. New umbrella celebrates the masters, discovers new talent and promotes appreciation of photography worldwide. Lucie Foundation’s three fold mission is to salute the achievements of the world’s finest photographers, to discover and cultivate emerging talent and to promote the appreciation of photography worldwide. The Lucie Foundation, which presents a variety of programs, including the Lucie Awards, will also introduce new programs featured around education and exhibitions.  For more information, please visit www.luciefoundation.org  The Lucie Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit charitable foundation.

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Photography-Now.net & GalleryBook - A Word of Caution

There is a new service for fine art photographers. A directory dedicated to fine art photography, master photographers, contemporary artists and fine art galleriesa href=”http://marassfotografie.com/fotos/akt-fotos-aktfotografie.jpg”>. The directory can be found at http://photography-now.net/ . But what seems to be a good idea turned out really bad. It seems the providers are using famous names in photography to catch some young guns and emerging photographers who have to pay for their listing at Photography-Now.net.

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Exhibition - Gallery of Kyoto - World Photography Day 2008

Gallery of Kyoto, Japan : 5 prints of my artwork have been selected by the hosts of the PSA (Photographic Society of America) Exhibition hold at the Gallery of Kyoto for the celebration of the ‘World Photography Day 2008′.

More information about ‘World Photography Day’ by O.P. Sharma Celebrate World Photography Day