“At the beginning stood the observation that over the last couple of years we see a rising tide of hatred, dominating over love. Of course there has always been love and hate as part of human nature, but this time a delicate balance is getting lost. From small everyday situations to world politics we encounter hatred as the main motive everywhere. In order to contribute to the effort of making love stronger and winning over hate again, I asked artists to allow me to portrait them with an object of importance to them and to tell me about the meaning it carries related to their lives and work and to the topic of LOVE OVER HATE.”
Andreas J. Hirsch, 2016
This ongoing project started in 2016 and has received international recognition since then. Artists from several different countries and cultures have allowed Andreas J. Hirsch to portrait them for LOVE OVER HATE: Austria, Czech Republik, Egypt, Germany, Italy, Kurdistan/Iraq, Nigeria, Philippines, Poland, Syria, Uganda, Ukraine, and United States of America.
Works from this series received an Honorable Mention in the category “The Feminine Universe” at the 15th JULIA MARGARET CAMERON AWARD in 2020
Exhibition at Museo Casa Manno, Alghero, 2020
Curator: Valentina Piredda
Exhibition
Love Over Hate – The Art of Peace Continues
VHS Landstraße, 2018
The exhibition was dedicated to the memory of Professor Rudolf Gelbard (1930–2018), Holocaust survivor and political campaigner against fascism. – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Gelbard
Models at the opening of the LOVE OVER HATE exhibition in 2018
Some images from the series LOVE OVER HATE already went a long way:
My photograph of the Austrian singer and composer LIL MAXINE became part of the exhibition “Menschenbilder 2017” at the Prater in Vienna in September 2017, an initiative of Christian Jungwirth and Birgit Enge.
The Making of LOVE OVER HATE
Photographing Roger Ballen
at the Anzenberger Gallery and on the compound of the Brotfabrik in Vienna in 2016.
Photographing Gabriele Udanch
at Galeria Cult in Alghero, Sardegna
Musical performance by Rupert Huber at LOVE OVER HATE exhibition
during eyes on Month of Photography Vienna 2016
