Helmut and Johanna Kandl have been living and working together for the last ten years. A lot of their photographs emerge from their travels, often to former socialist countries in middle and eastern Europe and several originated in their home in Vienna and Berlin. They focus on people in public spaces such as street markets, amusement parks, demonstrations, parades, celebrations and so on, thereby unveiling their social, economical and political interests, as well as their humor and sensibility for absurd situations. The basis for their work is their photo-archive.

In “business or pleasure” Helmut and Johanna Kandl show a larger selection of their archive for the first time. The text reflects their own experience while traveling. It is often told in short and scurrile anecdotes which outline cultural and social boundaries.

Johanna Kandl, *1954 in Vienna,
Helmut Kandl, *1953 in Laa an der Thaya (Austria); They live and work in Vienna.