About Nurith Wagner-Strauss

Born in Melk/Austria
Studied at the University of Music Vienna. Mag.art, concert diploma in baroque recorder
Residency in Sudan for one year
Intensive engagement in photography
Since 1987 freelance photographer
Several photographic travels to India
Multiple solo exhibitions and participation in group exhibitions
Lives and works in Vienna
Photo reportages about Roma in Southern Peleponnes /Greece
Photo reportages about Syrian refugees in Horgoš / Serbia and in Vienna / Austria
Photo reportages about children in slums and about migrant workers in India
Photo reportages about the NGO Nishta in Himachal Pradesh, India
Photo reportages about the village life in Georgia, around the demarcation line to South Ossetia.
The focus of my work is on women and children in a social context.