PHOTOGRAPHY
PHILIPP LAUBENDER
(AUSTRIA)
 
DETAILS
Digital photography
(1/8) Limited edition
60 x 80 cm
2025
 
DESCRIPTION
A solitary figure floats beneath a stormy sky, holding an umbrella aloft. It appears to be carried by an invisible force—or perhaps levitating of their own accord.
 
The scene evokes the presence of a magician or a modern-day Mary Poppins.
 
Framed by the monumental columns of Vienna’s Heldentor (Heroes’ Gate), this moment captures the tension between gravity and weightlessness, reality and fantasy.
 
The mysterious silhouette and striking black-and-white contrast create a dreamlike narrative.
Presented in a black 80×60 Delta aluminum frame and printed on Fine Art Baryta paper of museum quality, the image is part of a limited edition of 8 prints.
 
Selected by the Urban Photo Awards, it will be exhibited in Trieste from October 24 to October 26.