Vivian Maier. Many of you know the street photographer, who was born at the end of the 1920s, and was discovered by chance after she had already passed away. She is said to have taken more than 100,000 photos in …
Café Lehmitz – by Anders Petersen
The first photo of the Swedish born photographer Anders Petersen (born 1944) I ever saw was on the cover of Tom Waits` album “Rain Dogs”. It was released about a year after I was born. Of course, as a child …
Arnold Odermatt – An Obituary
On June 19, 2021, Arnold Odermatt died at the age of 96. His career led him to become one of the most influential Swiss documentary photographers of the 20th century. But it was a very unusual one. A baker and …
Swiss pioneers in documentary and street photography – An introduction to Jakob Tuggener
70 years ago, in 1951, five Swiss photographers came together to establish the Kollegium Schweizerischer Photografen (College of Swiss Photographers). It was short-lived and only staged two exhibitions at the Helmhaus in Zürich in 1951 and 1955. It combined, however, …
Always Spontaneous – an Introduction to Sabine Weiss
I wanted to introduce another fantastic Swiss-born photographer, Sabine Weiss. Sabine Weiss may not be as well known as others, but her photography, body of work and accomplishments are absolutely amazing. Sabine Weiss (born Weber) is a Swiss-born photographer (1924, …
Exploring the True Face of the World – an Introduction to Werner Bischof
Werner Bischof’s career was way too short. He tragically died when his car fell off a cliff in the Peruvian Andes in 1954, killing him and the other two passengers. By that time, he has been a member of the …
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