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Unfamiliar Familiarities
Outside Views on Switzerland (English, French and German Edition)
by Peter Pfrunder, Tatyana Franck, Lars Willumeit, Fotostiftung Schweiz, Pilar Rojo, Musée De L'elysée, Winterthur
Paperback, 300 Pages, Published 2017 by Lars Müller
ISBN-13: 978-3-03778-510-2, ISBN: 3-03778-510-1

"Switzerland's image has been significantly shaped by photographs dedicated to tourism. Through spectacular mountain panoramas, snapshots of rural idylls, or portraits of local people, the country could be successfully marketed, and these photographs also made an important contribution to- ward national identity. Another consequence, however, was that the respective pictorial repertoire became inflated and stereotyped. For this publicati ..."

Bosshard in China
Documenting Social Change in the 1930s
by Florian Knothe, Peter Pfrunder
Paperback, 155 Pages, Published 2018 by Hong Kong University Press
ISBN-13: 978-988-19025-3-5, ISBN: 988-19025-3-3

"Bosshard in China offers a comprehensive sweep of black and white photographs and documentary films produced by Swiss photojournalist Walter Bosshard. Living and travelling extensively in China from 1933 to 1939, Bosshard was one of the earliest journalists to record this critical decade in Chinese and world history. Walter Bosshard (1892–1975) was a pioneer in the field of photojournalism. A master of both the word and the photographic ..."

Simone Kappeler - America 1981(Updated)
by Simone Kappeler, Jürg Trösch, Peter Pfrunder, Markus Bosshard
Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2020 by Scheidegger And Spiess
ISBN-13: 978-3-85881-679-5, ISBN: 3-85881-679-5

"Over the course of the journey, she would add a multitude of cheap cameras to this collection that enabled snapshot-like images?taken unselfconsciously whenever a motif sprang at her."

Albert Steiner(1st Edition)
The Photographic Work
by Beat Stutzer, Albert Steiner, Anne Hammond, Peter Pfrunder, René Perret
Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2006 by Steidl
ISBN-13: 978-3-86521-204-7, ISBN: 3-86521-204-2

"Albert Steiner was one of the finest Swiss photographers of the twentieth century. Like Ansel Adams, he favored imposing natural phenomena, landscapes with what might be called good bone structure, (in his case the Alps, in Adams's comparable work, the American West), and he printed his vision of them in black-and-white, revealing nature in all its majesty. His impressive scenic work has fundamentally shaped the world's perception of Sw ..."

Swiss Photobooks from 1927 to the Present
A Different History of Photography (English, French and German Edition)
by Peter Pfrunder, Martin Gasser, Fotostiftung Schweiz, Sabine Munzenmaier, Sabine M. Nzenmaier, Lars Muller
Hardcover, 640 Pages, Published 2011 by Lars Muller
Illustrated
ISBN-13: 978-3-03778-274-3, ISBN: 3-03778-274-9

"Eine andere Geschichte der FotografieGebundenes BuchSwiss Photobooks from 1927 to the Present offers a new overview of the history of Swiss photography. The focus is on seventy selected photobooks, from classics to long-forgotten publications or brilliant works by contemporary photographic artists. The individual books are presented with lavish series of illustrations and texts by highly-esteemed authors, while five longer essays positi ..."

Theo Frey - Fotografien(1st Edition)
by Peter Pfrunder, Martin Gasser, Theo Frey, Klaus Merz, Sabine Münzenmaier, Fotostiftung Schweiz
Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2008 by Limmat Verlag
ISBN-13: 978-3-85791-553-6, ISBN: 3-85791-553-6

Drei Welten(1st Edition)
by Barnabas Bosshart, Peter . Bosshart. Pfrunder, Peter Pfrunder, Fotostiftung Schweiz
Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2007 by Benteli Verlags Ag
ISBN-13: 978-3-7165-1472-6, ISBN: 3-7165-1472-1

"25x30 cm, 223 Seiten, Leinwandband mit Schutzumschlag."

Adieu la Suisse ! Construction et déconstruction d'un mythe
by Peter Pfrunder, Fotostiftung Schweiz
Hardcover, 168 Pages, Published 2012 by Hazan (Éditions)
ISBN-13: 978-2-7541-0660-3, ISBN: 2-7541-0660-X

"C'est en explorant les collections photographiques déposées dans les archives de la Fondation suisse, du début du 20ème siècle à nos jours, que Peter Pfrunder établit, par le biais de cette exposition, la création, puis l'évolution d'un mythe, celui d'une Helvétie idyllique, tournée vers la nature vierge et la ruralité heureuse, auquel la photographie contribua puissamment en son temps. Depuis une quarantaine d'années, l'évolution du pa ..."

Photosuisse(1st Edition)
by Christian Eggenberger, Peter Pfrunder, Lars Muller, Thomas Flechtner, Michail Schischkin, Laetitia Guinand, Lars Mü Ller
Hardcover, 432 Pages, Published 2004 by Lars Müller Publishers
ISBN-13: 978-3-03778-036-7, ISBN: 3-03778-036-3

"Switzerland has long had world-class photographers in Robert Frank, Werner Bischof, and Rene Burri. "Photosuisse takes a look at the next generation, the internationally renowned Thomas Flechtner, Annelies Strba, Balthasar Burkhard, Beat Streuli, Olaf Breuning, Luc Chessex, Georg Gerster, Urs Luthi, Jean Mohr, and others, bringing together "young meteors" as well as established photographers who have triggered developments over the past ..."

Guido Baselgia(1st Edition)
Hochland
by Beat Stutzer, Peter Pfrunder, Guido Baselgia, Bunder Kunstmuseum, Hatje Cantz, O. A.
Hardcover, 96 Pages, Published 2002 by Hatje Cantz Publishers
ISBN-13: 978-3-7757-1067-1, ISBN: 3-7757-1067-1

"For the past several years, Swiss photographer Guido Baselgia has been occupied with a large scale project on the landscape and life in his native Engadine, a mountain valley in his native Switzerland. The resulting images are both fascinating and unsettling, portraying the apparently familiar landscape in a strikingly unfamiliar manner. Essays by Peter Pfrunder and Beat Stutzer. 48 duotones. 9.5 x 12.75 in."

Lukas Felzmann
Apophenia (English and German Edition)
by Peter Pfrunder, Lukas Felzmann, Jürg Trösch, Markus Bosshard
Hardcover, 196 Pages, Published 2018 by Verlag Der Buchhandlung Walther Konig
ISBN-13: 978-3-96098-259-3, ISBN: 3-96098-259-3

"Known for work relating to the intersection of culture and nature, this book is a departure for the artist Lukas Felzmann who adds appropriation to his repertoire.Apophenia is a weaving together of two archives."

Gotthard Schuh une approche amoureuse
[exposition, Winterthur, Fotostiftung Schweiz, 30 mai-11 octobre 2009, Chalon-sur-Saône, Musée Nicéphore Niépce, 27 février-30 mai (STEIDL LG)
by Gotthard Schuh, Peter Pfrunder, Gilles Mora, Martin Gasser, Musée Nicéphore Niépce
Paperback, 312 Pages, Published 2009 by Steidl
ISBN-13: 978-3-86521-952-7, ISBN: 3-86521-952-7

"Le Suisse Gotthard Schuh (1897-1969) compte parmi les plus grands photographes du XXe siècle."

Lukas Felzmann(1st Edition)
Landfall
by Lukas Felzmann, Peter Pfrunder
Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2004 by Lars Muller
Illustrated
ISBN-13: 978-3-907078-92-1, ISBN: 3-907078-92-6

"Lukas Felzmann was born in Zurich in 1959 and now lives and works in San Francisco. His photographs and installations have been shown internationally. Collections include the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Schweizerische Stiftung fur Photographie. He has received the Federal Art Grant of Switzerland, a Western States Arts Federation Grant and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. Lukas Felzmann currently teaches at S ..."

Ernst Brunner(2nd Edition)
Photographien, 1937-1962 (German Edition)
by Peter Pfrunder, Ernst Brunner
Unbekannter Einband, 192 Pages, Published 1995 by Schweizerische Gesellsch. F. Volkskde
ISBN-13: 978-3-908122-56-2, ISBN: 3-908122-56-2

Image par Image
Une histoire de la Fotostiftung Schweiz (Paperback)
by Peter Pfrunder
Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2021 by Lars Mã¼ller Publishers, Zã¼rich
ISBN-13: 978-3-03778-679-6, ISBN: 3-03778-679-5

Karl Geiser Fotografien(1st Edition)
by David: Geiser -. Streiff, Fotostiftung Schweiz, David Steiff, Karl Geiser, Peter Pfrunder, Fotostiftung Schweiz. Ausstellung, Schang. Hutter
Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2007 by Limmat Verlag
ISBN-13: 978-3-85791-531-4, ISBN: 3-85791-531-5

"Karl Geiser, einer der bedeutendsten Schweizer Bildhauer des 20. Jahrhunderts, hat neben Skulpturen und Zeichnungen auch Tausende von Fotografien hinterlassen. Sie zeigen einen intensiven und liebevollen Blick auf Menschen, die ihn faszinierten - im Atelier und auf der Strasse. Dabei bediente sich Geiser einer Bildsprache, die heute erstaunlich modern anmutet. In grosser Freiheit und ohne Rücksicht auf fotografische Konventionen schuf e ..."

Nahe am Menschen. Fotografien. Bern(1st Edition)
Benteli, 2006. 247 Seiten mit Abbildungen. Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. 4to.
by Hugo Jaeggi, Peter Jaeggi, Peter Pfrunder
Hardcover, 248 Pages, Published 2006 by Benteli
ISBN-13: 978-3-7165-1432-0, ISBN: 3-7165-1432-2

Fokus 50er Jahre. Yvan Dalain, Rob Gnant und "Die Woche" ;(1st Edition)
[erscheint zur gleichnamigen Ausstellung der Fotostiftung Schweiz in Winterthur (14. November 2003 bis 8. Februar 2004 und im Photoforum PasquArt, Biel-Bienne (13. März bis 25. April 2004)].
by Martin Gasser, Peter Pfrunder, Fotostiftung Schweiz
Hardcover, 264 Pages, Published 2003 by Limmat
ISBN-13: 978-3-85791-441-6, ISBN: 3-85791-441-6

"Partie de l'ouvrage consacrée à Yvan Dalain (p. 42-152)."

Georg Aerni--Silent Transition
New Works (Paperback or Softback)
by Nadine Olonetzky, Peter Pfrunder, Sabine Von Fischer
Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2022 by Scheidegger Und Spiess Ag, Verlag
ISBN-13: 978-3-03942-074-2, ISBN: 3-03942-074-7

"This book features Georg Aerni's continuous work of the last ten years through a wide-ranging selection of images. Transformation processes are the focus of Georg Aerni's new photographs."

Fernsicht
Walter Bosshard, ein Pionier des modernen Photojournalismus (Reihe "Schweizer Photographie") (German Edition)
by Peter Pfrunder, Annemarie Hürlimann, Verena Münzer, Vreni Münzer, Walter Bosshard, Verena Muenzer, Annemarie Huerlimann, Münzer Pfrunder
Hardcover, 238 Pages, Published 1997 by Benteli
ISBN-13: 978-3-7165-1082-7, ISBN: 3-7165-1082-3

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