{"id":176109,"date":"2026-04-30T10:41:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.eikon.at\/?p=176109"},"modified":"2026-05-06T11:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T09:05:48","slug":"magazine-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.eikon.at\/en\/magazine-3\/","title":{"rendered":"#132 Where Is Photography Now?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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uncode_shortcode_id=”532125″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]2026\/05[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_empty_space empty_h=”2″ el_class=”maxpx1200displaynone”][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h3″ text_size=”custom” text_height=”fontheight-357766″ uncode_shortcode_id=”156373″ heading_custom_size=”clamp(1.3rem, 1rem + 1.4vw, 2.2rem)”]EIKON #132[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h3″ text_size=”custom” uncode_shortcode_id=”112896″ heading_custom_size=”clamp(2.2rem, 1.6rem + 3vw, 4rem)”]WHERE IS PHOTOGRAPHY NOW?<\/em>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_empty_space empty_h=”3″ el_class=”maxpx1600displaynone”][vc_empty_space empty_h=”2″][vc_button button_color=”accent” outline=”yes” border_width=”0″ link=”url:%23|” button_color_type=”uncode-palette” uncode_shortcode_id=”385239″]ORDER MAGAZINE[\/vc_button][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”5″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ 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desktop_visibility=”yes”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_visibility=”yes” medium_width=”0″ mobile_visibility=”yes” mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/3″ uncode_shortcode_id=”651671″ el_class=”maxpx1200displaynone”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space empty_h=”4″ medium_visibility=”yes” mobile_visibility=”yes”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”5″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”7″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ content_parallax=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”122216″][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”783157″]Artists: Anna Breit | Fabio Bucciarelli | Inge Dick | Ren\u00e9 Francisco | Anton Kehrer | Agata Madejska | Cheryl Mukherji | Richard Prince | Gregor Sailer | Cop Shiva<\/p>\n

Authors: Thomas Ballhausen | Anja Bohnhof | Patrizia Feichter | Paul Feigelfeld | Wolfgang Giegler | Esther Heltschl | Gerda Ridler | Anna Schober-de Graaf | Gudrun Zacharias[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”128194″]Languages<\/strong> | Deutsch \/ Englisch
\nSize<\/strong> | 280 x 210 mm
\nISBN<\/strong> | 978-3-904083-26-3
\n104 pages
\nPrice:<\/strong> \u20ac 18,00 (inkl. 10% USt)[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”224202″]<\/p>\n

Artificial intelligence is currently having an impact on photography in a similar way to how photography once affected painting: it undermines the medium\u2019s claim to realism and technical perfection. As a result, a long-standing constraint dissolves, opening up space for abstraction.
\nKatharina Hoffmann | Bildraum, Bildrecht Vienna<\/small><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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FOCUS |WHERE IS PHOTOGRAPHY NOW?<\/em> <\/u>
\nSTAGED MEMORIES | Anja Bohnhof
\nAMID WORLDS | Anna Schober-de Graaf
\nBETWEEN ARS UND TECHN\u00c9 | Thomas Ballhausen and Paul Feigelfeld in conversation
\nPHOTOGRAPHY AS THOUGHT | Patrizia Feichter and Agata Madejska in conversation
THE CONDITION OF THE IMAGE | Gudrun Zacharias in conversation with the team of Francisco Carolinum<\/p>\n

PORTFOLIO
\n<\/u>ANTON KEHRER | Wolfgang Giegler<\/p>\n

EXHIBITIONS
\n<\/u>RICHARD PRINCE | Esther Heltschl
ART AND COMPLICITY | Ren\u00e9 Francisco
\nPLATFORM WARS | Patrizia Feichter
\nLIGHT AND TIME | Inge Dick
\nCOCKAIGNE | Gregor Sailer<\/p>\n

PUBLICATIONS \/ REVIEW<\/u>
MOEBIUS: The Airtight Garage \u2013 <\/span>Hunter and hunted | Thomas Ballhausen<\/p>\n

NEW RELEASES<\/u> | COLLECTOR’S EDITION<\/u> | EIKON EDITION<\/u> | TIPS & NEWS[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text text_lead=”small” uncode_shortcode_id=”872737″]<\/p>\n

What bothers me about \u201cdeep learning\u201d is the image of depth and profundity it conveys, when in fact it simply learns one thing particularly well in a vertical manner and cannot do much else. It has little to do with learning or intelligence as we understand or desire it.
\nPaul Feigelfeld<\/small><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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EDITORIAL<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Readers!
\nFor almost 35 years, EIKON has been a key platform for contemporary photography and media art. With its extensive network of artists and authors, it positions itself as a space for connection, reflection, and presentation \u2013 an ambition that this issue seeks to realize through the inclusion of diverse voices.
\n<\/span>At the heart of this issue is the question: Where Is Photography Now? In response, we have gathered statements from renowned voices in photography. These contributions run throughout the magazine, opening up multiple perspectives on a question that resists a singular answer and calls for a plural understanding.
Photography no longer exists as a clearly defined medium, but as part of a complex constellation of visual practices. Cameras, algorithms, archives, and machine learning models all produce images \u2013 often without a direct connection to visible reality. What does photography mean when it is no longer produced through light, but through calculation?
\nThis development challenges both the definition of the medium and established institutional categories. The boundaries between photography, media art, video, and installation are becoming increasingly porous. At the same time, the notion of authorship is shifting: the traditional photographic is replaced by practices that operate through data, models, and systems. The audience, too, is changing \u2013 it demands not only images, but also insight into their production.
\n<\/span>Within this highly technologized present, a counter-movement is emerging: a renewed interest in the analogue. Craft-based processes are regaining attention, particularly among younger photographers.
It is precisely in this coexistence of technological expansion and analogue return that the medium\u2019s capacity for transformation becomes most evident. Photography is not disappearing; it is continuously evolving. Perhaps the decisive question is no longer what photography is, but what we are willing to recognize as such.
We invite you to approach this issue as a collection of positions, approaches, and contradictions, and to immerse yourself in the multifaceted present of photography.
Gudrun Zacharias | <\/span>May 2026 <\/p>\n

SPECIAL THANKS
All experts for their statements on photography<\/p>\n

ART DIRECTION & DESIGN
\n<\/u>Martin Hassler<\/p>\n

TRANSLATION
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EIKON #132 \u2013 Where Is Photography Now?<\/p>\n

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