This page gives only a rough overview of the numerous press features over the past years. Please find more detailed reports in my journal.
With my selfie, which recently received an honorable mention at the TIPA World Awards, I’m featured on the cover of the current issue of Profifoto 3/2024.
„Pop Art Photography by Jürgen Novotny“: Jürgen Novotny’s pop art photography explores retro themes, incorporating analog cameras, audiotapes, newspaper printing aesthetics, and more… [Link]
The article features my projects CameraSelfies, Symbionts as well as ColorLimited.
Maria Dedousi writes an article about my nightmarish photo art project „DrowningSky“ for CNN Greece: Drowning Sky – A photographer creates, with lens and Photoshop, a nightmare reality… [Link]
The Saudi Arabian women’s magazine ROUGE presents my series „DrowningSky“ in its August issue [Link]
„Photographer JF Novotny (also known as J. Flynn Newton) has always had a special liking for those beautiful and strange-looking film cameras. He also believes that each film machine has historical value and is the best witness of different ages…“ [Link]
Playboy Korea features my CameraSelfies® project in their current online issue: „Exotic style cameras offer more than a sexy POV…“
Kala Barba-Court wrote an article about my CameraSelfies® for the New York based PLAIN magazine [Link] Launched in 2015, PLAIN Magazine is a space dedicated to proliferate good design and compelling art, spanning creative fields from photography to architecture, from graphic design to fashion.
Lisa Brinkmann von der Zeitschrift ZEITjUNG hat mit mir ein freundliches Interview zum Thema „CameraSelfies“ geführt… [Link]
CameraSelfie No. 7 (Polaroid P1000) gets recommended in British GQ June 2017 „Inside Out“.
Rhein-Sieg-Anzeiger 03/2017
Rundschau 03/2017
„Jürgen Novotny aus Hennef ist ein Allrounder. Was ihn fasziniert, verfolgt er mit Akribie und Leidenschaft. Als er an einem Dezembertag im Jahr 2014 das Telefon abhebt, hat er eine Journalistin des amerikanischen Nachrichtensenders CNN in der Leitung. New York – Hennef, Hennef – New York: Sie will mit ihm über seine Fotoserie „Cameraselfies“ sprechen…“
Aesthetica Magazine 09/2016
His work has received attention from CNN, LUI, LensCulture, Saatchi Art and many others. We catch up with Jürgen Novotny about the ideas behind his works and the relevance of analog vs digital…“
[Read more on aestheticamagazine.com]
General-Anzeiger 09/2016
„Jürgen Novotny macht Kamera-Selfies und kritisiert damit den Trend zur Selbstdarstellung…“
[complete PDF Download]
An awesome feature on “the world’s first and most popular digital architecture and design magazine” designboom which is based in Milan, Beijing and New York.
http://www.designboom.com/art/j-flynn-newton-drowning-sky-photography-series-05-02-2016/
“Qualität ist auch eine Frage der Ehre”: Quality is a question of honor, too”… is the claim of the new RICOH campaign for the digital medium format camera Pentax 645Z in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
http://pentaxportfolio.jen.de/project/juergen-novotny/
First cover for a major magazine: PROFIFOTO 6/2015 shows my CameraSelfie: Bella on it’s front page.
http://www.lightuponmyface.com/index.php/cover-and-portfolio-in-profifoto-62015/
fotoMAGAZIN 05/2015
Was wäre, wenn Kameras einfach einmal beschließen würden, dass wir auf die ewig doofen Selfie-Posen der Menschen verzichten können und sich nur noch selbst ablichteten?…
When women take off their clothes in cinema: the best nudes in a cinema setting. This is the topic of the newest photo series in the german magazine stern.
www.stern.de/fotografie/akt/view-fotocommunity-2175580.html
Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger 03/2015 und Rundschau 03/2015
Jürgen Novotny setzt mit seiner Fotoserie „CameraSelfies“ den analogen Apparaten ein vielbeachtetes Denkmal…
Novotny will damit den Selfietrend karikieren, mehr noch aber den „technischen Persönlichkeiten mit eigenem Charakter“ ein Denkmal setzen…
[zu den Artikeln: KStA, Rundschau]
Express 03/2015
Arme, alte Analog-Kameras! Seit die digitale Technik am Start ist, will niemand mehr mit den überholten Schätzchen knipsen. Jürgen Novotny (49) aus Hennef aber ist jeck auf die Dinger, sammelt sie seit Jahren…
[zum Artikel: Online, JPG]
„If you’re not an absurdly famous person, it takes some serious creativity to catch the Internet’s eye with a ‘selfie’ project. The term itself has been used to wipe the Web’s metaphorical floor, so much so that it’s likely a project with ‘selfie’ in the name will guarantee at least a few people will pass over it without even looking.“
[read more on 500px]
the french magazine for men LUI features my CameraSelfies in their latest article: Diaporama : en 2015, adoptez un argentique !
“Cela fait quarante ans que Jürgen Novotny pratique la photographie, et voir le monde délaisser les appareils argentiques au profit des numériques lui fend le cœur.”
La Repubblica 12/2014
Il fotografo tedesco Juergen Novotny nell’era dei selfie e della fotografia digitale ha deciso di rendere omaggio alle vecchie fotocamere analogiche giocando sul concetto di autoscatto. „Con il progetto CameraSelfie – spiega Juergen – ho voluto ricordare quanto sia forte il carattere di queste macchine analogiche perché con l’avvento del digitale il potere di questi miracoli meccanici sembra scomparire sempre di più“ …
[Read more on LaRepubblica.it]
PetaPixel 12/2014
What if cameras got tired of participating in human selfies and decided one day to start taking pictures of themselves? That’s the quirky idea behind a project called “CameraSelfies” by German photographer Juergen Novotny (who also goes by J. Flynn Newton).
The series features photos of various cameras “looking at themselves” in front of contemporary wallpapers that capture the cameras’ personalities…
[Read more on PetaPixel.com]
After a great interview with CNN journalist Michelle Cohan her beautiful article was launched end of December 2013 on CNN.com: Camera selfies: Turning the lens on themselves
The resonance has been overwhelming: since now many readers and followers gave me very positive feedback, galleries and even more press representatives from around the world contacted me.
