The Austrian photographer and filmmaker Andreas H. Bitesnich does not pursue subtlety. In his main bodies of work — erotic nudes, cityscapes and travel shots, in addition to a sizable portfolio of advertising stills, music videos and television commercials — he tends to play up moments of confrontation and aggressive seduction, whether through shouting street signs or daring poses.
Bitesnich, born in Vienna in 1964, initially attracted attention with his high-drama female nudes; his first volume of them, 1998’s NUDES, won the Kodak Photography Book Award. He has produced several more such books over the past two decades, including WOMAN (2001), POLANUDE (2006) and MORE NUDES (2007).
Some of these works reveal (or conceal) erogenous zones with clever studio lighting, while others use textured backdrops like desert dunes and leather sofas to emphasize exposed skin.
Still others capture elaborately choreographed couples with interlaced limbs (as in Yvonne & Tom) — quasi-abstractions that seem to nod to Robert Mapplethorpe and George Platt Lynes.
Bitesnich is also known for a multipart black-and-white series titled “Deeper Shades,” in which he ventures outside the controlled environment of the studio and explores major cities, including Vienna, Berlin, Pais and New York. The images are stark and frequently ominous, with their liberal use of silhouettes and evocations of the dangers of the urban environment; in a 2011 picture from “Deeper Shades #01 New York,” a sign reading WET PAINT has been suggestively cropped (the work is titled WET PAIN).
Bitesnich has a slightly more sentimental side, too, one that’s best expressed in his travel photographs, taken in such countries as Cambodia, Cuba and Kenya. In this part of his oeuvre, famous sites seen from a distance (the Statue of Liberty, Angkor Wat, the Taj Mahal, Burj Khalifa) alternate with close-up portraits of locals: a deeply wrinkled 104-year-old woman staring straight into the camera in Cairo, a young man getting a shave at a barber shop in Phnom Penh.
A new hardcover edition of his 2011 book India (teNeues) includes 175 photographs shot throughout that country — in color, black and white, and nostalgia-inducing sepia — that delight in different, if equally obvious, textures; the crepey folds of an elephant’s trunk, the mud puddles on the streets of Varanasi, the shimmering scales around the neck of a snake charmer.
In the foreword, Bitesnich writes, “India is eternally in motion — it moves sideways, backwards, rises higher, and moves forward all at once. India is where the past meets the future; time seems to pass by its own strange rules here.” Admirers of the photographer’s celebrated nudes may also appreciate his desire to broaden his horizons.
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Ilaria
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Located in München, BY
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Ulrica
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Irina
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Reinhold Messner
By Andreas H. Bitesnich
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Djalil
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Anthony Quinn
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Nine Taxis
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Philip Glass
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Sylvie
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Yvonne + Tom #67
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Ida
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Roy
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Nirmala
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Till Brönner
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Sabrina Ferelli, Cavallo Island - Nude with Rope, Fine Art Photography, ca. 2000
By Andreas H. Bitesnich
Located in Vienna, AT
Black and white nude of the actress Sabrina Ferilli on a landing stage with a rope, photographed by Andreas H. Bitesnich and published in his book 'Women' in 2001. All prints are lim...
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Nine Taxis
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'Yvonne, Thailand' - Nude with snake on the Beach, fine art photography, 1999
By Andreas H. Bitesnich
Located in Vienna, AT
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Kitchen, Tokyo
By Andreas H. Bitesnich
Located in Vienna, AT
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Three men walking, Tokyo - on the streets in japan with signs painted on it
By Andreas H. Bitesnich
Located in Vienna, AT
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Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
By Andreas H. Bitesnich
Located in Vienna, AT
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Judith II, Vienna - Black and White Closeup Nude, Fine Art Photography, 1997
By Andreas H. Bitesnich
Located in Vienna, AT
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Deeper Shades of Vienna III - Ballroom Scene, Fine Art Photography, 2015
By Andreas H. Bitesnich
Located in Vienna, AT
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Ulrica, Mykonos - acrobatic nude, fine art photography, 1993
By Andreas H. Bitesnich
Located in Vienna, AT
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NYC's Best Burger
By Andreas H. Bitesnich
Located in Vienna, AT
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Statue of Liberty, USA
By Andreas H. Bitesnich
Located in Vienna, AT
Monumental picture of the front of the statue, from the Deeper Shades of New York series. With his latest works, Andreas H. Bitesnich, the master of minutely detailed studio composit...
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Sina & Anthony, 1995 - Limited Edition Fine Art Photography
By Andreas H. Bitesnich
Located in Vienna, AT
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Yvonne + Tom #66
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Coming out of Guggenheim
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Sina & Anthony
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Deeper Shades of Vienna III - Ballroom Scene, Fine Art Photography, 2015
By Andreas H. Bitesnich
Located in Vienna, AT
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Three men walking, Tokyo - on the streets in japan with signs painted on it
By Andreas H. Bitesnich
Located in Vienna, AT
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Kitchen, Tokyo
By Andreas H. Bitesnich
Located in Vienna, AT
Andreas H. Bitesnich is considered one of the top photographers of the world and a master of nudes and portraiture. His broad spectrum of subjects, unmistakable artistic signature, a...
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Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
By Andreas H. Bitesnich
Located in Vienna, AT
Andreas H. Bitesnich is considered one of the top photographers of the world and a master of nudes and portraiture. His broad spectrum of subjects, unmistakable artistic signature, a...
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'Yvonne, Thailand' - Nude with snake on the Beach, fine art photography, 1999
By Andreas H. Bitesnich
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request. All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certifica...
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Nine Taxis
By Andreas H. Bitesnich
Located in Vienna, AT
Bitesnich’s works capture moments of unbelievable beauty and depth, even when depicting poverty. His pictures allow the viewer a glimpse of the Indian soul, between traditional and m...
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Sabrina Ferelli, Cavallo Island - Nude with Rope, Fine Art Photography, ca. 2000
By Andreas H. Bitesnich
Located in Vienna, AT
Black and white nude of the actress Sabrina Ferilli on a landing stage with a rope, photographed by Andreas H. Bitesnich and published in his book 'Women' in 2001. All prints are lim...
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Statue of Liberty, USA
By Andreas H. Bitesnich
Located in Vienna, AT
Monumental picture of the front of the statue, from the Deeper Shades of New York series. With his latest works, Andreas H. Bitesnich, the master of minutely detailed studio composit...
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NYC's Best Burger
By Andreas H. Bitesnich
Located in Vienna, AT
With his latest works, Andreas H. Bitesnich, the master of minutely detailed studio compositions proves that he is just as capable of capturing street scenes as he is of thoroughly a...
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Ulrica, Mykonos - acrobatic nude, fine art photography, 1993
By Andreas H. Bitesnich
Located in Vienna, AT
All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request. All prints are done and signed by the artist. The collector receives an additional certifica...
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Judith II, Vienna - Black and White Closeup Nude, Fine Art Photography, 1997
By Andreas H. Bitesnich
Located in Vienna, AT
Grainy black and white closeup of a nude model's chest and hands, photographed by Andreas H. Bitesnich in Vienna in 1997. All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes....
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