»with his work ›soundsurfers‹ christof leistl presents excerpts of excess – interesting diverse black-and-white shots as moments and rays of hope. … he desarranges and removes the state of emergency from reality in his photos … modern, positive, documentary.
he doesn‘t stage anything, he uses the angle of vision and viewpoint of everybody to
capture meaningful moments of reality, … and, consequently,  leave a piece of contemporary history …« (raveline)

 
published 1999