Bio - Matthias Herrmann [pictured right and subject of his photos, below] is this old fart taking photographs of himself, dividing his time between Vienna/Austria and Riparbella/Italy.
He is Professor for Photography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (the school that is famous for not accepting Hitler as a student in the 1920s...)
He has a very photogenic cock."
[note from LifeLube - "old fart" in the mind of Matthias means he is all of 44]
Dustin Cosentino
Published in DNA #93 (Australia), October 2007
Photographer Matthias Hermann teeters in the twilight between fame and obscurity. He is notorious but appreciated in the art world, and yet only the fewest of connoisseurs outside a
limited circle would be able to place him. Perhaps as a result of this, his work is endowed with the youthful cheek of an enfant terrible, the bulk of which consists of self-portraits in the buff that deal, perhaps unsurprisingly, with the topics of sex, sexuality and gender. Since 2006 he has been the Chair of the Institute of Art and Photography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. Before I meet Hermann, we share a brief exchange via email. Once we have arranged to meet he asks me, “What do you look like? Or will you have a red rose in your left hand?”
We meet in the late afternoon at the Café Eiles in Vienna, near City Hall. As soon as I walk in I spot him cowering at a small table opposite the entrance, wearing a grey shirt, green slacks and sneakers. The waiter arrives and I order a small beer. Matthias orders juice. He eyes me and levels with me, anticipating my question.
“A couple of years ago, I wanted to quit smoking,” he says. “It didn’t do me good and when I drank, I always wanted to smoke, so I decided to give up both – and I am a very happy not-drinker and not-smoker.”
Matthias has piercing blue-grey eyes which are set inside a stubbly, trim face. His body is lean and relaxed. He’s been compared to an action figure and it’s evident from his photos that he is attentive toward his appearance.
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