{"id":179588,"date":"2012-07-27T18:40:11","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T16:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.eikon.at\/?p=179588"},"modified":"2026-07-27T18:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:40:11","slug":"magazine-3-2-3-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.eikon.at\/en\/magazine-3-2-3-2-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Elfie Semotan \u2013 in memoriam &#8211; copy &#8211; copy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; back_color=&#8221;color-xsdn&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; no_h_border=&#8221;yes&#8221; no_h_border_tablet=&#8221;yes&#8221; no_h_border_mobile=&#8221;yes&#8221; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_parallax=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;822296&#8243; 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text_size=&#8221;fontsize-160000&#8243; text_height=&#8221;fontheight-357766&#8243; desktop_visibility=&#8221;yes&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;853638&#8243;][\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=&#8221;yes&#8221; row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;5&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;7&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; content_parallax=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;122216&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;205841&#8243;]ELFIE SEMOTAN<br \/>\n<i>ohne Titel <\/i>\/<i> Untitled (Kritzendorf, Wien)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Archivpigmentdruck auf Hahnem\u00fchle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">42 x 59,4 cm, 1978\/2021\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Edition:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> 30+III<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\"> nummeriert und handsigniert\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Preis:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u20ac 1470,- (inkl. USt)\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2192 <a href=\"mailto:info@eikon.at\">Bestellung<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;324354&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Elfie Semotans Arbeiten sind keinem eindeutigen Genre zuzuordnen. Selbst bei Werbeauftr\u00e4gen kreiert Semotan zeitlose Traumbilder anstatt anbiedernder Objektpr\u00e4sentationen. Die Aufnahme der <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Edition<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> EIKON entstand 1978 in Kritzendorf und z\u00e4hlt somit zu den fr\u00fchesten Modefotografien Semotans. Die dramatische Ausleuchtung und die glamour\u00f6se Aufmachung des Models stehen im krassen Kontrast zu der nur schemenhaft wahrnehmbaren Umgebung. Der nahezu ortlose Hintergrund, bei Semotan ein integraler Bestandteil jeder Komposition, verleiht der Situation beinahe traumhaften Charakter. <\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mit markanten Stilmitteln \u2013 die Betonung der Gestik und der scheinbaren Nicht-Inszenierung \u2013 sowie ihrer scharfen Beobachtungsgabe n\u00e4hert sich die Fotografin dem Modell und der Mode weniger mit einem Blick des puren Verkaufswillens, sondern mit Feingef\u00fchl f\u00fcr das Objekt-Subjekt-Verh\u00e4ltnis in der glitzernden Warenwelt.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lesen Sie in der Ausgabe #114 ein Interview von Ferdinand Schmatz mit der K\u00fcnstlerin (\u201eEin Gang zwischen den Dingen\u201c, EIKON #114, S. 26 \u2013 37.)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_visibility=&#8221;yes&#8221; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_visibility=&#8221;yes&#8221; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;187838&#8243; el_class=&#8221;maxpx1400displaynone&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_visibility=&#8221;yes&#8221; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_visibility=&#8221;yes&#8221; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;176000&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the death of Elfie Semotan, artistic photography loses one of its defining figures. 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