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4 4 5 5 3 The early work of Swiss Magnum photographer Werner Bischof: fashion photography and reportage in color
Edited by Ludovica Introini and Francesca Bernasconi Book design by Granit Communication, Design In cooperation with MASI Lugano and Fotostiftung Schweiz, Winterthur Hardback approx. 180 pages, 102 color illustrations 21 × 24 cm 978-3-03942-130-5 English 978-3-03942-129-9 German sFr. 49.00 | € 48.00 | £ 42.00 | $ 50.00 Features for the first time ever some 100 previously unpublished early color images by distinguished Swiss Magnum photographer, Werner Bischof (1916–54) Offers insights into the elaborate technology and use of the Devin Tricolor color-separation camera Exhibition: Werner Bischof—Unseen Colour at MASI Lugano (February 12 to May 29, 2023) and at Fotostiftung Schweiz, Winterthur (August 26, 2023 to January 21, 2024) MARCH 2023 (Europe) JULY 2023 (US) Italian edition is published by Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona, Switzerland ISBN 9783039421305 ISBN 9783039421299 English German 9 783039 421305 9 783039 421299 Werner Bischof Unseen Colour Swiss photographer Werner Bischof (1916–54) is best known for his impressive blackand-white images, most of which were taken on expeditions as a reporter in postwar Europe and during the Indochina War (1946–54), and on his travels in the Far East and South America. Far too little known are Bischof’s early color photographs, comprising studio work in fashion and advertising photography as well as reportage from war-damaged European cities. For these, Bischof used various types of camera, including a Devin Tricolor. This elaborate color-separation device exposed three monochrome plates in a single exposure, each of them equipped with a color filter so that a true color print was subsequently made by addition of the three monochrome negatives. Some 200 of Bischof’s Devin Tricolor negatives have been restored and a selection of them is published for the first time ever in this book. The beautifully illustrated volume is fascinating not only from a photo-historical perspective. Even these early color images reveal Bischof’s outstanding, sensitive aesthetic that characterizes his entire oeuvre. Some 100 color plates are supplemented with texts by Clara Bouveresse, the French photography historian, Peter Pfrunder, the director of the Fotostiftung Schweiz in Winterthur, and Luc Debraine, the director of the Swiss Camera Museum in Vevey. Ludovica Introini is an art historian working at MASI Lugano’s exhibition office. Francesca Bernasconi is an art historian and head of MASI Lugano’s exhibition office. Scheidegger & Spiess Spring 2023 7
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