"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 ..."
"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."
"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."
"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."
Image par Image Une histoire de la Fotostiftung Schweiz (Paperback) by PeterPfrunder Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2021 by Lars Mã¼ller Publishers, Zã¼rich ISBN-13: 978-3-03778-679-6, ISBN: 3-03778-679-5
99 Photographs by Teresa Gruber, PeterPfrunder Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2021 by Lars Mã¼ller Publishers, Zã¼rich ISBN-13: 978-3-03778-678-9, ISBN: 3-03778-678-7
"Highlights from the collection of the Fotostiftung Schweiz in Winterthur Since 1971, the Fotostiftung Schweiz has been collecting archives of photographers and masterpieces of photographic history."
"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."
"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."
"Tatjana Erpens sperrigen Werke erzählen von der sinnlichen Materie und den kreativen Spuren, die von Menschen hinterlassen werden. Unspektakuläre Situationen werden zu Schauplätzen rätselhafter Geschichten, denen sich der Betrachter kaum entziehen kann. Eine Archäologie des Überlebens eine Vergangenheit voller Zukunft. Durch bildhaft-poetische Verdichtungen gelingt es ihr, Assoziationen zu wecken. Fotografisch festgehaltene Objekte und ..."
Bosshard in China Documenting Social Change in the 1930s by Florian Knothe, PeterPfrunder Paperback, 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 ..."
"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 ..."
"Since the late 1960s Christian Vogt has produced a photographic oeuvre impressive for its creative inventiveness and its unexpected twists. He is a master of the art of photographic haikus, and a virtuoso of associative story telling with pictures. To Vogt, photography is never a mere reproduction but always a speculation about the meaning or the story hidden behind the surface, a reflection on the subjectivity of the photographic eye, ..."