melbourne

Shortly after arriving in Melbourne I recognized that there is a huge amount of cyclists riding fixed gear, from messengers to hipsters to normal guys. So I thought I should try to find some key figures of the scene as well as the common rider and take their portrait for a little series.
Apart from showing the riders with their bikes I wanted to capture the city itself in the shots. There are a gazillion of amazing looking alleys, cafe´s and great spots in Melbourne and I really wanted to show that side as well and I hope it works…you tell me!

There is still work to do and if i ever go back to Melbourne i´ll try to find girls as well!!
So here we go:

Dan – ShifterBikes; living legend in Melbourne; builds bikes and wheels;

Tim and his Phantom

Ryan – Graphic designer; likes to ride fast

Joshua – Photography student

Stuart – Lawyer; Track rider; his mother produces bike shirts like the one he´s wearing

Andy – Courier legend; runs the webiste www.fyxomatosis.com

Travis – Photography student

Mick – Busyman Bikes; builds the most amazing leather saddles

Thank you guys for letting me take your portrait! It´s been fun shooting in the streets of Melbourne with you guys!

Cheers, Andi

Hey guys,

Since my last post some time has passed. Lots of waiting for the working visa which unfortunately did not arrive…so I´m back in town soon!

But before going back Ulli and I are doing a bit of farming and stuff which we started this Monday.
Here are a few first impressions and some last St Kilda photos…We fucking love Melbourne esp. St Kilda so we hope to be back soon!

Oh before I forget: One of my “Boys of Hetzendorf” photographs got featured on the PDN Photo of the Day Blog and that made me very happy

Anyways, here we go:

Making Of image of a little project which is shown to be…well…I don´t know…once I´m back in Vienna i guess…photograph by Ulli

St Kilda shoreline with Melbourne skyline in the background! It´s so awesome there…

St Kilda Beach

So, shortly after we arrived at Snowy Mountain Camp we got to know Douglas! He is amazing!

Snowy Mountain Camp is a camp for schools where they stay for some days and let the kids do lots of activities. They got a climbing wall here, an abseiling wall, a flying fox (google it ) and much much more…it´s great fun so far!

Ulli fell in love with him immediately…

me 2 … he is a WOMBAT btw!

the surroundings…Tallangatta Valley

lots of cows there…and sheep…and emu´s…and alpacas

the Flight Deck…our home for the next days.

Dodge the sheepdog

Shadow, a very fit 15yr old dog.

Ulli working out…

the lake and some more impressions.

looks like summer, but it´s spring right now!

Sunset and time for going to bed, I´m not used to physical work anymore

On the next morning a bunch of kids arrived and they need to be entertained! More images to come friends!

See you soon!