#passthesenf: Stefan Joham captures the beauty of Vienna’s characters

1. Where are you from?
The 10th district of Vienna.

2. Describe your photography style in 9 words or less.
Beautiful
Full of culture
Love
Lovely People
Music
Arty farty
Yummy cakes
Sporty

3. What do you photograph with?
I love to take pictures with my beloved Leica m6. Analog slows time. I like that people can wait for the pictures to be developed and I love the manufactured Leica cameras and lenses.
For my ordinary work, I love my Canon 5ds combined with my 85mm, 1,2 – I love taking portraits with it.

4. How do you retouch your photos? Do you use filters or photoshop?
I always use Adobe Lightroom, but I don’t do a lot of retouching because I don’t want to make the world we’re living in fake.
I have my own Lightroom filters combined with VSCO Filters.

5. Name three of your favourite locations and/or subjects to shoot.
Wienerberg, Griechengasse (the oldest street in Vienna). And also people of all kinds. I fell in love with the characters of the typical Viennese people.

6. Tell us in 3 sentences max how Instagram changed how you see the world.
Instagram made me see the world in a different way, it makes the world more beautiful. People start to realise what good photography looks like. Everybody can take a picture, like everybody can dance, but not everybody dances like Michael Jackson, or takes pictures like Henri Cartier-Bresson.

7. Who’s your favourite Instagram artist you’re currently following?
@MarioTestino and @adriansteirn

8. What’s your favourite place in Vienna? (bar/restaurant/shop/sight)
Kleines Café.

9. What does Vienna mean to you?
It means almost everything to me. It’s my home, my lover, and my photo studio.