Heldenplatz (Heros’ Square) Vienna

"Heldenplatz." What can you say about this place? Thomas Bernhard who was an Austrian novelist, playwright and poet probably illustrated it best with his play "Heldenplatz (Heroes' Square). This play was commissioned by the then director of the Vienna Burgtheater Claus Peymann for the 100th anniversary of the theater and it sparked a huge scandal when it was performed. Certainly it started a very uncomfortable internal debate in Austria on the 50th anniversary of Hitler's triumphal arrival in Vienna. It was here in Heldenplatz where Hitler ranted before 250,000 wildly cheering Viennese. (Paul Evan Green)

“Heldenplatz.” What can you say about this place?

Thomas Bernhard who was an Austrian novelist, playwright and poet probably illustrated it best with his play “Heldenplatz (Heros’ Square). This play was commissioned by the then director of the Vienna Burgtheater, Claus Peymann for the 100th anniversary of the theater and it sparked a huge scandal when it was performed.

Certainly it started a very uncomfortable internal debate in Austria on the 50th anniversary of Hitler’s triumphal arrival in Vienna.

 (Paul Evan Green)

Many important actions and events took place here, most notably Adolf Hitler’s ceremonial announcement of the Austrian Anschluss to Nazi Germany on 15 March 1938 to the rapturous applause of  250,000 wildly cheering Viennese.

Photos entered in Head on Photo Festival by Paul Green. These are a selection of images entered to the Landscape and Portrait Prizes between 2012 and 2015. It's a serious investment to have your work appraised (or more often not appraised) by the esteemed judges. This year I was accepted as a finalist in the Portrait Prize for the first time with a photo I took almost 20 years ago of my friend Madame Lash. It makes me wonder WTF I've been doing photographing religiously every day for the last 30 years. To continue or not to continue? (Paul Evan Green)

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