Swiss Photographer

'Die Amerikaner' is the German edition of this work that looked at the Americans from a new perspective and which revolutionized the aesthetics of the photo book. It was first published in 2008, on the occasion of the anniversary of the French original.

The book 'Magic Eye' offers an overview of the work of René GROEBLI. We discover his fascination for movement and speed. And we encounter the rich hues of his unique, innovative color photography, through which even commissioned works become timeless art.

This 13-volumes collection on the work of Swiss photographer Jakob TUGGENER, 'Books and Films' contains facsimile editions of the first twelve original book dummies from the years 1936 to 1982 as well as a selection of his 16 mm short films on DVD.

From post-empire to the new Middle Kingdom. For his series 'The Pearl River', photographer Christian LUTZ went to the Chinese special economic zone Macao. His photographic gaze laconically and insistently scans the smooth surfaces of this brave new world.

For 40 years the Swiss police officer Arnold ODERMATT captured accident scenes & property damage. What results from his official work is 'Karambolage', a selection of melancholic, sometimes funny & always strange atmospheric photos of our mobile society.

In 'Unresolved' Meinrad SCHADE examines how conflicts also show themselves in everyday life. The series, made in Israel & Palestine, is the continuation of his long-term project 'Krieg ohne Krieg' documenting landscapes and people in the grip of conflicts

'Ein gutes Bild muss scharf sein' closes a gap in the literature about Arnold ODERMATT, who as a self-taught photographer in the post-war period recorded accidents, police service, everyday life as well as his family with his 6x6 medium format camera.

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This photo volume set 'Seven Stories' by Robert FRANK is a collection of small volumes that represents a new stage in his practice. As always, his photographs and stories relate to life and milieu: houses in Mabou and New York or trips to China and Spain.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 24,5 x 30 cm., 216 pp., 128 color ills., English

The out-of-print book 'Franz Gertsch 'The Seventies' shows the large-format key works by Swiss artist. His participation in the legendary 1972 documenta brought him international breakthrough. The photorealism paintings here date from this creative period

The book 'Unseen Colour' contains around 200 images of color negatives by Werner BISCHOF, created in the first years after his graduation (1936) - in his studio for fashion and advertising photography, but also reportages of locations in war-torn Europe.

HC (flexicover), 24 x 33 cm., 548 pp., 283 color & 186 b/w ills., text language: English

re-edit, HC with dust jacket, as issued, 21 x 27 x 2 cm., 168 pp., highly illustrated, text language: English

2nd printrun, HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 19 x 25 cm., 156 pp., 53 color ills., language: 19 × 25 cm., language: English

This out-of-print photographic volume 'London 1949' by René GROEBLI is the result of a two-week-staying in the bombed-out capital with his rolleiflex camera. The 2nd part of the book contains a series of images shot at London's Crystal Palace Park in 1951

'Peru' is of great historical importance in the history of photography. Some images of this series were known, but previously the entire series had been seen by only a few people. The volume presents the complete sequence of images, based on the original.

The photo volume 'Pangnirtung' by Robert FRANK is about a village in the Arctic Circle. However, there are no people to be seen in the images. In a harsh yet lyrical tone, he shows the deserted harbor, a haberdashery, a telephone booth and the cemetery.

This out-of-print edition of 'The Americans' by Robert FRANK comes from Chrsitian Verlag and was published 30 years after the photographs were taken. The book has been published in various editions and languages (including Chinese, Greman and French).

The out-of-print monograph 'Die Magie des Realen' by Angelika Affentranger-Kirchrath on the work of Swiss photorealist painter Franz GERTSCH spans from his children's drawings when he was barely ten years old to his early watercolors and his current works

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 20,5 x 30 cm., 208 pp., 123 color ills., English

In out-of-print photo book 'Die Deutschen', René BURRI mainly depicts everyday life in Germany, where the bullet holes from the war can still be seen on the wall of the building. Hepursued his project for many decades. In 1986 and 1999, it was republished

Out-of-print 'Werner Bischof. Pictures' presents the work, which is in the area of tension between art and reportage and was created in a short time because of the early death of the photographer. It also contains the color photographs he took in the USA.

HC with dust jacket, 24 x 25 x 4,5 cm., 196 pp., b/w ills., text language: English

Slipcased pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 25,5 x 20,5 x 1,5 cm., 64 pp., 39 b/w ills., text language: English

Slipcased pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 20,5 x 25 x 1 cm., 52 pp., 43 ills., text language: English

The volume 'Die 4 Jahreszeiten' (The 4 Seasons) by Swiss photographerJakob TUGGENER is a completely new version of the unique books he created in the 1940s on the themes of spring, summer, fall and winter. It is a reflection on human life and transience.

'London/Wales' by Robert FRANK combines two series of images whose contrast could not be stronger. With these photographs, he tells the timeless story of a society in transition. They are early testimonies to his search for new forms of poetic photography

The volume 'Berner Blitz' by René BURRI is the first to focus on his photographs in color, in which he processed diverse motifs such as nature, religion, industry, politics and architecture. The photographic book was printed on polypropylene 'paper'.

The volume 'After work' contains masterpieces by Arnold ODERMATT, who trained his craft & his eye significantly on the tasks of his police service. His photo archive would possibly have been disposed of if the photographer's son had not rediscovered it.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 20,5 x 29,5 x 2,5 cm., 352 pp., 248 color ills., English / German

This volume summarizes the early role of Balthasar BURKHARD as a chronicler of the art of his time, particularly as the principal photographer for curator Harald Szeemann, his conceptual redefinition of photography, and his emancipation as a photo artist.

'Mouvement' about René BURRI gives an overview about his work which has written history. Removed from sensationalism yet no less striking are his images of the theater of war, of people suffering in poverty & with equal intensity to the spheres of beauty.

'Greek Dog Days' by Ilja NIEDERKIRCHNER portrays Greece wild and dim with a touch of affection, foggy and yet razor-sharp in black-and-white photographs. The small, strictly limited photo book invites you to embark on an enchanting and ominous journey.

For out-of-print book 'Ball nights 1934-1950', Jakob TUGGENER immersed himself in the world of luxury. He captured fleeting moments & details, facial expressions & gestures, which he condensed into cinematographically perceived image series & book layouts

Out-of-print book 'Human Territoriality' by Roger EBERHARD brings together photographs of former border areas around the globe and across human history. With detailed captions, the images help to decipher the multifaceted cartographic puzzle of our world.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 25 x 32 cm., 160 pp., 106 color ills., 1.700 gr., trilingual text: German / English / French

SC (no dust jacket, as issued), 840 pp., (40 text & pictures), 25,5 x 31,5 x 5 cm., German only

Gebundene Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag (wie erschienen), 24 x 30 cm.,m 196 S., 100 S/W-Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY! Limitierte Auflage von 500 nummerierten Exemplaren

HC (red leatherette with sticker image front and back - no dust jacket, as issued), 24,5 x 31 x 1 cm., 120 pp., b/w-ills.,

'The Fabric of Reality' by Beat STREULI shows the way through his oeuvre. The result is a visually rhythmic image that is characterized by conceptual sobriety in observation. Essays on urbanism and sociology place his work in a discursive context.

Box (35 x 23,5 cm.), incl. 8 DVDs - four in PAL and four in NTSC format -, plus the book 'Frank Films' plus booklets 'Mew and my brother' & Pull my Daisy', English

re-edit, Otabind pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 23 x 30,5 x 1,5 cm., 102 pp., 160 tritone b/w ills., text language: English

The out-of-print photo book 'Apophenia' by Lukas FELZMANN is a combination of two archives: one of postcards sent to the artist's father and another with unpublished works by the artist. The juxtaposition leads to a surprising sequence of vertical images.

In 'An Act of Unspeakable Violence' Matthias BRUGGMANN critically examines the representation of the horrors of war. In his book he questions the codes of photojournalism and shifts the dividing lines between documentary photography & plastic photography.

'Sonne, Meer und nackte Menschen' (The Nudist Films of Swiss Werner Kunz) presents the first detailed account of the forgotten film pioneer. Numerous stills illustrate the works and visual material from the private archive the extensively researched book.

Interested in the degradation of the world, Matthieu GAFSOU shows in his photo volume 'Vivants', a composite narrative that combines landscapes, sometimes tinted with a strange color, reportage portraits in black-and-white, or even reworked urban views.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 19,5 x 26 x 2,5 cm., 304 pp., 380 color ills., English