Christian Maislinger

I WAS BORN IN AUSTRIA AND MY FIRST PASSION WAS SPORTS, ESPECIALLY THE 110M HURDLES. DURING MY CAREER AS A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE I DISCOVERED MY LOVE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY. IN 1998 I BEGAN AS AN ASSISTANT AT A WELL-ESTABLISHED STUDIO IN SALZBURG. AT THAT TIME I FOCUSED ON ANALOGUE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AND WORKED FOR INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS LIKE ALEX KATZ OR MIMMO PALADINO AND GALLERIES SUCH AS THADDAEUS ROPAC. NOWADAYS I´M WELL KNOWN FOR MY CAREFULLY AND INTIMATELY STAGED PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS OF ATHLETES, MUSICIANS AND CELEBRITIES LIKE CHRISTIAN TAYLOR, MARCEL HIRSCHER, SIMON FOURCADE, THE CRYSTAL FIGHTERS, RADIOHEAD, THE CURE, KEATON HENSON OR JIMMY VICAUT. MY IMAGES APPEARED ON ALBUM COVERS, IN MAGAZINES LIKE GQ, COSMOPOLITAN OR THE ROLLING STONE AND I REALIZED CAMPAIGNS FOR INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING AGENCIES AND COMPANIES. IN 2018 I SHOT THE LEGENDARY "JUNGBAUERNKALENDER" AND WAS AWARDED AS "BEST AUSTRIAN ADVERTISING PHOTOGRAPHER" IN 2019.