I took this photograph on the 10th of February 2020, directly outside the hotel I was staying at in Vienna. This is photographed on Ilford HP5 film.

I was on tour with DZ Deathrays, who were supporting the English band The Darkness and we were staying in the MEININGER Hotel on the corner of Columbusgasse and Raaber-Bahn-Gasse. I believe since staying there, that this hotel has permanently closed down.
We arrived on the 9th and had a night off, which allowed me to get an early sleep and subsequent early rise.

This was photographed around 8am as the gentleman was walking west with his morning shopping along Raaber-Bahn-Gasse. I immediately noticed the shaft of morning light splitting between the building to the south, funneling up Columbusgasse and hitting the side of his face. It was a very split second image - one frame, totally unsure if I’d captured anything and I was glad to see I did when I developed the roll later on.

Photographs are high quality archival ink jet prints, printed on 310gsm Canson Platine Fibre Rag. All prints are hand signed and A2 prints are editions of 25.