Simon Lehner, Jaga

Jaga

Simon Lehner

Publisher
Fotohof
Year
2017
ISBN
9783902993472
Specifications
Fine card cover with inserted book block
Open thread-sewn binding
27 x 19.5 cm
128 pages
59 colour images
Limited edition of 500
Language: English, German
Text by Martin Hochleitner

Simon Lehner is not a Jaga, a colloquial term, meaning hunter in Austria, at least not in the traditional sense - but has spent a lot of time with hunters, not following pheasants or deer, but following the hunters themselves - right in the middle, equipped with the camera and an instinct for the picture. Simon Lehner is talented not only for the individual image but also for the development of picture stories. Jaga is an impressive debut photo book, a long-term project Lehner worked on from 2013-2017. "Basically it is about the rough feeling of a basic instinct that I felt during the hunt. The immediate way of life that is associated with it, the hustle and bustle, as well as the calmness, simplicity and peculiarities that the countryside induces. The feeling of going back in time during hunting, as if we were set back to the beginnings of humanity, man against animal, animal against man, nature against both." (Simon Lehner)

More from Fotohof

Spine Index, an archive of independent photobooks

FIND A
BOOK
/
If you leave this unticked you are logged out when you close the browser, or after 12 hours without activity. Cookies and privacy.
/
one year, or a range like 2015-2020
one or more, separated by commas
full or partial
a name, or design: / text: / edited: / translation: and a name

ARCHIVE

Loading…

PUBLISHER

#

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

V

W

X

Y

Z

ABOUT

SpineIndex is an archive of independent books on photography and visual culture: photobooks, publications, design books and self-published editions — the kind of work that rarely makes it into bookshop windows or mainstream catalogues. It exists to document, connect, and keep visible a world of publishers, artists, and makers who operate outside conventional distribution. A living reference for anyone who takes this territory seriously — collectors, researchers, students, and the simply curious.