Never without his Hasselblad, Simon Walter has made countless excursions into the Swiss Alps, seeking and finding reflections. The photographer uses this phenomenon as a visual means of dramatization.
The photos in this volume were taken under studio-like conditions that are, however, always at the mercy of chance: Silvio Maraini photographed horses in their familiar surroundings, often in a riding
The Swiss, whether living in cities or the countryside, have always practiced and cultivated their very own local customs. This provides the country with an enormous wealth of communal religious and s
Pioneering feats of industrialization and electrification, the around 200 retaining walls, weirs, and dams in the Swiss Alps are to this day among the most important built monuments of the country''s
In numerous civilizations throughout world history city walls were an indispensable part of every city. In China they can be traced back to the 21st century BC as fortified symbols of power and manife
From videos by Frank Ocean to the “Guardians of the Galaxy“ movie, tapes have become increasingly prominent in cinema, advertising, and, of course, the music industry. And as tape sales in the US grew
Opened in 1874 as the ducal "Actien-Hotel", it went through a series of peaks and troughs of fortune in the 20th century. A sophisticated place for recuperation in the days of empire, the Harzburger H
Stenciled art on the street, a sticker on a rolling gate, huge paintings on building walls, artistic lettering, or a mosaic: the variations of urban art are seemingly unlimited and endless – and the w
Highway rest areas are usually art-free zones, but the “Relais du Saint-Bernard“ on the A9 is an exception. It has been selected by curators Simon Lamunière, Véronique Mauron and Julia Hountou as the
Fairytales and legends, literary forms that convey fantastical events, reveal a lot about the culture and identity of the country that produced them. Elves, trolls and gnomes are of course common them
Nowhere is the question of existence so tantalizing as in the isolated landscape of a mountainous region. The sublimity of the natural world reverberates throughout this volume of photographs. Markus
Costa Rica is home to an astounding variety of butterflies that are only active at night. They gather wherever there is light, large and small moths with bizarrely shaped wings, spectacular patterns,
For around four million people, the Arctic region is neither a curiosity, nor is it untouched wilderness: It is home. Since 2015, photographer Brian Adams from the Inupiaq ethnic group has been travel
Many times over a period of ten years, Jörg Rubbert has traveled the suburban and urban spaces between Georgia, Mississippi and Texas, documenting them with his medium format camera. The carefully cra
Inspired by Antoni Gaudí''s Parc Güell in Barcelona and the Mannerist park Sacro Bosco in Bomarzo, Niki de Saint Phalle created her sculpture park in Garavicchio, in the southern-most part of Tuscany.
Emotions are at the core of human actions – joy, desire and pride motivate us, fear and mourning thwart us, surprise and wonderment unsettle us, while love, anger and disgust shape our very being and
Usually one a year Switzerland''s water reservoirs, which are located deep below ground, are emptied and cleaned. Silvio Maraini photographed the empty, abstract, and at the same time grand-looking sp
Peter Panyoczki is at home on two continents and thus his life is that of a perpetual emigrant – a person permanently on the move, which is also reflected in his work that is permeated by signs of pre
In this volume Renato Bergamin tells about a very personal approach to the two great artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Alberto Giacometti. By chance, he met the art patron and gallery owner Eberhard W.
Our old shoes embark on a new life in Africa. While many people believe that their used clothes donations are distributed free of charge to the needy in the Third World, the trade in second-hand cloth
Marlies Pekarek''s book features selected texts from her art diaries that she once began during her studies in Australia and has continue until today. It is based on Australian Womens diary, an annual
The Swiss photographer Joel Tettamanti, born 1977 in Cameroon is a restless traveller. Assignments for international magazines and global company groups take him to known and unknown places all over t
Ulrich Seidl is an Austrian film director, screenwriter and producer. His films are often characterized by a documentary-like style, blending fiction and non-fiction and using long, fixed shots as wel
John Sparagana is an artist and the Grace Christian Vietti Chair in the Visual Arts and Chair of the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts at Rice University. Reto Geiser is an architect and scholar
An examination of drinking culture and culturally significant drinks from around the world: kava, palm wine, cassava beer, green tea, butter tea, cow milk, sour milk, rice beer...
The writer Robert Walser (1878-1956) had an enormous influence on the visual arts. This publication is the first attempt to extensively document and discuss aspects of this influence. Walser was a sou
The best in Swiss photography 2013. Every year the prize for the best press photo in Switzerland is awarded in the six categories of current News, Daily Life, People, Sports, World as well as Swiss St
Max Schmid''s photographs bear witness to the fact that Switzerland is not just a land of Alpine idylls and snowy mountains. These pictures show the wild side of Switzerland, untamed nature in all its
This book presents a selection of celebrated photographer Robert Bosch''s most striking photographs, taken in the course of his numerous journeys across all seven continents.
The wild beauty of the French Atlantic coast captured in atmospheric images. With its spectacular forms and lines. France's atlantic coast holds a unique, understated beauty. The photographer Marco Pa
Knotted Threads presents the artistic dialogue that the Swiss artist Nesa Gschwend has maintained with India over many years. Special emphasis is placed on the search for phenomena that bind and disti
