Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 8 // Gallery ID: 21083
Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the reverse, signed and numbered by Gerald Berghammer, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Prints include a 4 cm white border.
WINE PRESS HOUSE IN THE WHEAT FIELD – AUSTRIA – GERALD BERGHAMMER
Wine Press House in the Wheat Field is a colour fine art landscape photograph by Austrian photographer Gerald Berghammer, depicting a traditional white wine press house standing alone within a golden wheat field in the Weinviertel region of Lower Austria. Framed by a mature tree beneath an expansive summer sky, the small rural building becomes the quiet focal point of the composition.
Warm tones of ripened grain contrast with the whitewashed architecture and soft blue-grey sky, creating a restrained and harmonious colour palette. The low horizon, open space and gentle natural light emphasise the simplicity of the Austrian agricultural landscape, while the surrounding field gives the historic wine press house a strong sense of isolation, permanence and place.
With its balanced composition, natural colours and peaceful rural atmosphere, Gerald Berghammer transforms a characteristic Weinviertel landscape into a timeless study of architecture, agriculture and seasonal light. The photograph’s refined simplicity and understated colour make it particularly suited to contemporary, minimalist and nature-inspired interiors.
SILVERFINEART – Analog Roots, Contemporary Vision
Vienna, Austria – Gerald Berghammer (born 1975, Austria) is an internationally award-winning photographer whose work is rooted in a lifelong dedication to analog black-and-white photography. Traveling extensively, Berghammer captures fleeting impressions on film, creating images that consciously slow perception and stand in deliberate contrast to today’s fast-paced digital world.
During his master studies, analog photography became the central focus of Berghammer’s artistic practice and the subject of his final thesis in 2011. The exceptional quality of this work laid the foundation for SILVERFINEART, a body of work defined by technical precision, aesthetic clarity, and a strong commitment to photographic craftsmanship. In the years that followed, Berghammer continued to refine and deepen his engagement with the medium, pursuing photographic art at the highest technical and artistic level.
A defining characteristic of his practice is complete control over the photographic process. All analog negatives were personally developed by the artist in the darkroom. Each image then underwent a rigorous selection process, with only works meeting his uncompromising quality standards included in the final portfolio.
In recent years, Berghammer has expanded his artistic toolkit through the use of state-of-the-art medium-format digital technology. This evolution represents not a departure, but a continuation of his established visual language–preserving the discipline, compositional rigor, and aesthetic principles shaped by decades of analog experience.
SILVERFINEART embodies the synthesis of classical photographic craftsmanship and contemporary vision. The works are characterized by timeless black-and-white imagery, reduced compositions, and a strong emphasis on atmosphere and form.
The portfolio can be viewed online or at the SILVERFINEART Gallery in Vienna, Austria. Gerald Berghammer personally advises collectors in selecting photographic works for private and professional spaces.
More available sizes for sale:
15.75 x 23.62 in. / 40 x 60 cm - signed edition of 7
23.62 x 35.44 in. / 60 x 90 cm - signed edition of 7
31.5 x 47.24 in. / 80 x 120 cm - signed edition of 8
39.37 x 59.06 in. / 100 x 150 cm - signed edition of 5
47.24 x 70.87 in. / 120 x 180 cm - signed edition of 3