Helga Traxler

About Helga Traxler: Helga Traxler (*1984) in Freistadt/Upper Austria completed her bachelor’s degree in photography and graphic design at the University of Art and Design Linz. She spent two semesters at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Lisbon before returning to Linz in 2012 to complete a Master’s degree in Visual Communication with a focus on photography. She has been living as a freelance photographer in Brooklyn/New York since 2012.  Her work focuses mainly on portraits and behind-the-scenes excerpts, blurring the boundaries between fashion and art. Traxler’s work has been featured in publications such as New York Times T-Magazine, New York Magazine/TheCut, Die Zeit, or GQ Germany, as well as in various solo and group exhibitions in Austria (Vienna, Linz), Portugal (Lisbon) and the USA (Washington DC, New York). Her clients include the New York Times, Rauschenberg Foundation, Chanel, Ryan McGinley Studios, and Cartier. Helga taught fashion photography at the Fashion & Technology Institute in Linz. The Gap listed her as one of the 20 most interesting photographers in Austria, and Culture Trip New York included her in the list of “10 Emerging NYC Photographers You Should Know”.