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Personal statement by the photographer as background information
"Time and again on walks in the area around Helfenberg I have been confronted withthe continuous changes happening to the small farms there. Remotely located in the hilly landscape of the Mühhlviertel, these are mainly mixed-farming operations, something that is reflected in the architecture of the buildings and the forms of the adjacent plots. The climate is bleak, the soils rather meagre. Arable fields, woodlandand grassland for the grazing of livestock, mostly dairy cows, are characteristic of thearea. Most of the farms are run as secondary sources of income and are passed down from generation to generation. However, structural changes have also taken their tollhere: new laws require that stalls and keeping conditions be reorganised, the cost ofnecessary investment is rising and farmers often struggle to find successors to takeover their farms. As such, many of these small farms have been abandoned inrecent times." (Bernhard Fuchs, 2011)Additional information
The photo book 'Höfe' by Albrecht FUCHS was designed by Claudia OTT and also published as an English-language edition with the title 'Farms' (also out of print at the publisher).
About Austrian photographer, Bernhard FUCHS (b.1971)
Photo books by as well as with works by Bernhard FUCHS
- Format
- Gebundene Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag (wie erschienen), 25,5 x 25 x 2 cm., 100 S., 48 Farbaufn., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT FOR THIS ED. ONLY! - English ed. also to pre-order as long as availbale!