markus zahradnik

about

the austrian poverty conference („armutskonferenz“) is a network of aid agencies that are researching the reasons for poverty, developing strategies for fighting poverty and offering aid for people in need.

as a signature video for their audiovisual communication, i developed the idea of letting people literally break the poverty barrier. principal photography took place during a 30 minute time frame at their 9th annual gathering – the eponymous „armutskonferenz“ – featuring scientists, activists and actually impoverished people.