"No ordinary travel book, this personal view of the lingering continuity of traditional life in the countryside, provinces and ancient towns of Italy takes the reader on a journey into the past, one steadily disappearing throughout the lands of the Mediterranean. In a series of close-ups and panoramic scenes, there are meetings with the farmers Livia and Gino, the local choir, Parise the share cropper, the workers at the olive press, ci ..."
"Ephemera captures our curiosity. Through it, we get a glimpse into the personalities, personal moments and ponderings, and sentiments of beloved public figures. Presented here are many such glimpses, along with several longer looks, into the life of legendary photographer, Robert Frank. New York to Nova Scotia was originally published in 1986 to accompany a retrospective exhibition organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and has ..."
"In the 1930s, Gotthard Schuh was one of Switzerland's leading photojournalists, an influence to Robert Frank among others. Today, he remains among the great unknowns of European photography. This is the first major overview."
"Gotthard Schuh is regarded as one of the most important European photographers of the 20th century. A pioneer of modern photojournalism, he also developed a personal style that might be described as 'poetic realism'. Schuh understood that the photographic view of the world is inevitably subjective, and that the photographer must lose himself in the moment in order to capture it intuitively. Schuh's photographic world is held together by ..."
GotthardSchuh(1st Edition) by GotthardSchuh, Fundaciã"N Mapfre Hardcover, 212 Pages, Published 2011 by Fundación Mapfre/Tf Editores ISBN-13: 978-84-9844-308-0, ISBN: 84-9844-308-3
"Friedrich Glausers literarisches Werk entstand auf dem Hintergrund seiner ausserordentlichen Biografie. Doch haben nur wenige Menschen, die ihm in seinem Leben begegnet sind, ihre Erinnerungen zu Papier gebracht. Diese Texte werden hier mit Fotografien seiner Freundin Berthe Bendel, ihrer Schwester Hulda Messmer, von ihm selbst und von Gotthard Schuh veröffentlicht. Emmy Ball-Hennings begegnete Friedrich Glauser, als sie die Kasse der D ..."
"Er war impulsiv und spontan, aufbrausend und nachtragend; stur, beharrlich, verletzend, herzlich und verspielt. Auf der Bühne wie im Leben. Ein Luftikus und Dickschädel, mal geizig, mal großzügig, autoritär und autoritätsgläubig, Chaot, Kleinbürger, Prahlhans und ein großer Clown. Als der Komiker 1959 starb, kannte ihn jedes Kind. Heute ist der König der Clowns, wie er auch oft genannt wurde, nahezu vergessen, seine Herkunft und sein we ..."
"In line with the exhibition this catalog aims to provide a thorough approach to the work of the artist and becomes reference publication about the life and work of Gotthard Schuh."--Transliterated from publisher's website."
"A cura di Francesco Paolo Campione e Peter Pfrunder.Testo Italiano e Inglese.Winterthur (Zürich), 2006; br., pp. 196, ill. e tavv. b/n, cm 24x27.(Esovisioni. 2)."
"60 stampe originali tratte dal reportage realizzato dal noto fotografo svizzero Gotthard Schuh, nel 1963. Esattamente 50 anni fa Schuh (1897-1969) realizza l'ultimo dei suoi reportage."