Weekend Portfolio
Robert Rutöed
Undertakers on the Catwalk
Undertakers on the catwalk: The fashion show of the „Black Business“ © Robert Rutoed
Fresh air fanatics: Motorcycle hearse complete with side car containing designer sculpted coffin © Robert Rutoed
Optional: The last trip in a luxury limousine © Robert Rutoed
Making a comeback: The death mask © Robert Rutoed
Children‘s coffins and egg shaped coffins for a fetus: Colorfully painted or in the colors white, pink, blue © Robert Rutoed
Diamond funeral: Propably the most personal way to say goodbye. Precious stones made out of the cremation ash of the deceased © Robert Rutoed
Come, sweet death: Urns in various shapes and colors © Robert Rutoed
Key chain: Postmortal erection © Robert Rutoed
Undertakers on the catwalk: The fashion show of the „Black Business“ © Robert Rutoed
"It is absurd that we are born; it is absurd that we die." (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Once a year undertakers from all over Europe take part in the "Devota", a trade fair for the funeral and mortuary business, displaying a wide range of grave and tomb supplies, coffins, as well as diverse religious items.
Robert Rutöd, born in Vienna in 1959, lives in Austria. Photographer and filmmaker. Made numerous short feature films with screenings worldwide. Photographic work exhibited throughout Europe, the United States and Asia.
Books: Less Is More (2009), grayscales. early b&w photographs (2010), Right Time Right Place (2012).
Weekend portfolio selected by Sam Stourdzé.
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