jakob sohm

graduation exhibition documentation for paul mittnik

paul mittnik is an artist with a background in fashion design. he studied in the field “art and space” at the academy of fine arts vienna, and hired me to document his final exhibition there. paul’s works are often described as wearable sculptures, and often have autobiographical aspects. that’s why i documented the exhibition space as he had arranged it, but also had him wear some of the pieces in portraits.

paul’s instagram: instagram.com/paulmittnik

the photos and text about the exhibition in the bildende archive: abschlussarbeiten.akbild.ac.at (search for mittnik)

interview with paul: les-nouveaux-riches.com/zwischen-skulptur-und-mode

see more of the exhibition

themes: portrait, vienna

portraits for rebecca lynn sprague

rebecca makes dark, melancholic, beautiful singer-songwriter-type music. she asked me to take portraits of her, but wanted them to reflect her quirky, giddy, fun personality to contrast the heaviness of her music.

she told me that she practically grew up in cemeteries because her mother is a stonemason. that’s why we made most of the portraits at the hietzing cemetery.

see her paintings and listen to her music here: rebeccalynnsprague.com

see more photos

themes: music, portrait, vienna

dünne wände

graphic design and set photography for „dünne wände“ (thin walls), a short film about how city residents affect, annoy, anger each other — through their walls.

written and directed by niklas raab. read more about the film on hawarafilm.com
the poster was designed to look like a collage — a reference to the home improvement intro

read the project folder and admire the design here

portraits for muco

when oli a.k.a. muco visited vienna, he asked me to take portraits of him to accompany his music. i happily obliged of course, and we went for a walk in the vienna prater. i wanted the pictures to reflect the dreamy mood of his work, which i hope comes across.

listen to his music here