The photographer Alexander Rieser was born in Austrian and is living part time in Austria and Colombia. His main focus is in editorial, documentary, reportage, humanitarian photography and environmental portraits. Alexander Rieser is working as a photojournalist since 2004. His photos have been published in various international magazines and newspapers e.g. O Globo (BR), La Semana (COL), FastCompany (USA), Neon (GER), Nido (GER). He has also worked as a photographer for different NGOs and the Red Cross.
Alexander Rieser speaks German, English and Spanish and is available for assignments world wide.
Contact:
Email: alex@alexanderrieser.com
Phone: +43 650 2050 253
BOOK:
In 2009 his first book “Pa'lante: A journey through Colombia” was published and is available on the website as a limited edition book with the signature of the photographer. Sample photos of Pa'lante: A journey through Colombia can be seen in the BOOK section on the website.
FINE ART PRINTS:
Fine Art Prints are available of most of the photographs in the PHOTO GALLERY of the website.
All fine art prints are signed, titled and dated and come with a certificate of authenticity.
Prints are available on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta 325gs paper in the sizes 45x30cm or 60x40cm.
If you are interested in buying the book Pa'lante: A journey through Colombia or a fine art print please contact the photographer by email.
PORTFOLIO UPDATE:
The ongoing project of Alexander Rieser is to document the indigenous peoples of Colombia. The last community visited in 2011 was the Tule / Kuna community in Arquia in the tropical forest of Choco. In 2010 Alexander Rieser visited three indigenous communities, the Kogis in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the Wayuus in the Guajiara and a displaced group of Emberas in the Caquetá.
The Kogis are one of the most traditional tribes in Colombia and the most spiritual one. They consider themselves as the Elder Brothers of humanity who have to protect the Heart of the World (the Sierra Nevada) to keep the balance of the world.
The Wayuu people live in the desertic peninsula Guajíra in the North East of Colombia. The Wayuus have never been subjugated by the Spanish and kept their traditions and language until today. Living in remote desertic places now often controlled leftist guerrila or right paramilitary who control smuggle routes to Venezuela.
The Emberas in the Caquetá are displaced from their homeland in the Chocó. Also they have found a remote, virgin place to settle down in the feet of the Eastern Cordilla they have lost part of their culture and traditions and have no contacts to their shamans, who takes care of health problems and other problems in the community. Nearly all of the girls have frequently attacks where they start to be violent and try to harm people near by or run to the river to kill themselves. An attack like this last about an hour and the girls can't remember anything afterwards. It all starts with headache and the appearance of a black dog. The elders believe they got cursed by a shaman of an other indigenous group an only an Embera shaman can solve the problem