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URBAN DREAMS I

URBAN DREAMS IAndreas Manessinger

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URBAN DREAMS IAndreas Manessinger

A Photo Book

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This is an odd book. It would not have been made if I had not made another book. Let me explain:

Like last year, I am attending SoFoBoMo, Paul Butzi’s “Solo Photo Book Month” project, where the aim is, to produce a photo book in a month. This year I have chosen the title “Urban Dreams II”, because I wanted to share dreams or dream-like aspects from my daily life in Vienna, Austria. It carries the numeral “II”, because “Urban Dreams” was the title of last year’s exhibition, where I presented works from 18 months, that also revolved around the same core idea.

In the process of creating my SoFoBoMo book, I have come up with an Adobe InDesign template, that contains all the base structure of a photo book. It is a very conservative structure, never more than one image on a spread. The image may be either on the left or on the right page, the facing page carries a title and some technical data. There are no fancy fonts, no layout tricks, no nothing. Still, it seems to work quite well.

Using this layout template, I can produce a book in only a few hours. How few, this to find out, was one of the rea-sons for creating this book. The other is, that you can’t possibly publish “Urban Dreams II” without having published “Urban Dreams I”, can you?

This book contains most, but not all images from the exhibition, plus some more that I had not considered then. This is not an authoritative “best of” collection, it can’t be, because tastes change. Every selection from a substantial body of work is only a snapshot, another person would probably choose completely different, and the same is true for the same person at another time. This is my choice at this time.

All images were shot with Nikon D200 and Nikon D300 cameras, using various Nikon and Sigma lenses. Most of the images appeared on my blog between August 2006 and March 2008, roughly the time covered in my exhibition. This leaves room for another book, “Urban Dreams III”, to cover the time up to present.

Andreas ManessingerMonday, June 1, 2009

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24 - ConcentrationNovember 11, 2006 – Sigma 10-20 @ 10mm, f16, 1/45s

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Concentration?August 28, 2006 – Sigma 30/1.4, f1.4, 1/500s

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109 - Living in a Digital WorldJanuary 30, 2007 – Nikon 18-200 @ 200mm, f6.7, 1/10s

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112 - DiscomfortFebruary 1, 2007 – Nikon 50/1.8, f1.8, 1/640s

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440 - Round The BendDecember 12, 2007 – Sigma 70/2.8, f2.8, 1/80s

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458 - The Long And Winding RoadJanuary 14, 2008 – Lensbaby, f2, 1/8s

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129 - A Train To CryFebruary 19, 2007 – Nikon 50/1.8, f1.8, 1/30s

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110 - YearningJanuary 31, 2007 – Nikon 50/1.8, f1.8, 1/30s

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368 - Downtown TrainOctober 16, 2007 – Nikon 18-200 @ 200mm, f5.6, 1/60s

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115 - Is Hell Finite?February 5, 2007 – Nikon 50/1.8, f1.8, 1/60s

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243 - Evening ShadowsJune 13, 2007 – Sigma 30/1.4, f9.5, 1/100s

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103 - Le sacre d’hiverJanuary 24, 2007 – Lensbaby, f2.0, 1/750s

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Sitting, FastAugust 10, 2006 – Nikon 18-200 zoomed, f25, 1/10s

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209 - Liquid DaysMay 10, 2007 – Lensbaby, f2.0, 1/4000s

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ShopNovember 21, 2006 – Lensbaby, f2.0, 1/15s

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139 - Steps AheadMarch 1, 2007 – Sigma 10-20 @ 10mm, f8, 1/30s

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153 - PassageMarch 15, 2007 – Sigma 150/2.8, f2.8, 1/350s

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446 - Hide AwayJanuary 2, 2008 – Sigma 70/2.8, f4.0, 1/125s

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242 - We All Need Someone We Can Lean OnJune 12, 2007 – Nikon 50/1.8, f1.8, 1/400s

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108 - Rainy Night in ViennaJanuary 29, 2007 – Nikon 18-200 @ 200mm, f6.7, 1/15s

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104 - Shivering Under a BridgeJanuary 25, 2007 – Nikon 18-200 @ 112mm, f11, 80s

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236 - The Line Between Love and HateJune 6, 2007 – Sigma 150/2.8, f2.8, 1/125s

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447 - Love 2 The 9’sJanuary 3, 2008 – Sigma 70/2.8, f4.5, 1/100s

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451 - Tell Me When My Light Turns GreenJanuary 7, 2008 – Sigma 30/1.4, f1.4, 1/50s

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271 - Night LightsJuly 11, 2007 – Sigma 20/1.8, f1.8, 1/15s

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Urban DreamsDecember 19, 2007 – Sigma 70/2.8, f2.8, 1/30s

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452 - The Other Side of This LifeJanuary 8, 2008 – Sigma 70/2.8, f8, 1/100s

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457 - The Voodoo ShackJanuary 14, 2008 – Lensbaby, f2.0, 1/30s

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221 - Sweet Confusion Under the MoonlightMay 22, 2007 – Sigma 30/1.4, f1.4, 1/13s

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325 - The Closed DoorSeptember 3, 2007 – Sigma 30/1.4, f1.4, 1/30s

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326 - I See A Red DoorSeptember 4, 2007 – Sigma 30/1.4, f1.4, 1/30s

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And Now A Green OneSeptember 6, 2007 – Sigma 30/1.4, f1.4, 1/30s

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391 - A Dark Way Leads To My HouseNovember 8, 2007 – Sigma 10-20 @ 10mm, f5.6, 3.6s

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376 - At First They Didn’t Even NoticeOctober 24, 2007 – Nikon 18-200 @ 40mm, f6.7, 1/6s

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305 - The Scene Of The CrimeAugust 14, 2007 – Sigma 10-20 @ 10mm, f8, 1/15s

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297 - You Know I Couldn’t LastAugust 6, 2007 – Sigma 20/1.8, f8, 1/20s

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392 - Door Peep Shall Not EnterNovember 9, 2007 – Sigma 10-20 @ 13mm, f8, 1/8s

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333 - This Place Won’t Burn!September 11, 2007 – Nikon 50/1.8, f2.8, 1/60s

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356 - My Beautiful LaundretteOctober 4, 2007 – Nikon 50/1.8, f9.5, 1/30s

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229 - Feelin’ That GlowMay 30, 2007 – Nikon 50/1.2, f1.2, 1/60s

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411 - The Beat Of The NightNovember 29, 2007 – Nikon 50/1.8, f9.5, 1/4s

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298 - The Secret Life Of PlantsAugust 7, 2007 – Sigma 20/1.8, f1.8, 1/60s

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320 - Night Lights IIAugust 29, 2007 – Nikon 50/1.8, f4.0, 1/30s

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258 - Headed In The Right DirectionJune 28, 2007 – Sigma 10-20 @ 11.5mm, f11, 1/50s

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117 - Handful of ColorFebruary 7, 2007 – Nikon 50/1.8, f1.8, 1/60s

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