Four photographers, four angles

Our everyday life is firmly in the grip of the pandemic. The NZZ photographers have been documenting the extraordinary situation for weeks.

Karin Hofer, Annick Ramp, Christoph Ruckstuhl and Simon Tanner show their very personal view of the corona crisis. The four photo series are in the weekly supplement of the NZZ on April 11, 2020 and as Online photo gallery appeared.

The newspaper pages as PDF:

  • Christoph Ruckstuhl observes the small changes on his way to work.
  • Simon Tanner collected self-portraits that testify to overly long layers and the arduous wearing of protective masks.
  • Karin Hofer inevitably focuses on your own apartment.
  • Annick Ramp was on the otherwise invisible border.

René Groebli: Virtual tour

The Bildhalle Zurich is currently offering a virtual tour of the exhibition “The Magic Eye” by Réne Groebli. It includes the most important images from the book of the same name.

The photo book gathers a selection of images that covers a good half century of René Groebli's work and brings us closer to his broad photographic spectrum. It is a journalistic homage by the gallery owner and her gallery Bildhalle to the artist.

At Photo Münsingen, René Groebli presented the touching series “Das Auge der Liebe” in 2015 and in 2017 the «Nudes» exhibition shown. The great Swiss photographer, with international awards and exhibitions, is still active at the age of 92.

To the virtual exhibition of the Bildhalle ...

Image: © René Groebli, Beryl Chen, Dance with cigarette, No. 281, London, 1953, Courtesy of Bildhalle

Urs Hintermann: «Ver-rück­te Zeit»

Urs Hintermann, OC member of Photo Münsingen, is experiencing the corona pandemic like many of us: first with disbelief, then with a certain curiosity about how the state of emergency is changing our everyday lives. For a dedicated photographer, it makes sense to grab the camera. Thoughts and pictures of the first lockdown weeks.

After the outbreak of the corona pandemic, I felt like everyone else: First, shock and disbelief at what you are experiencing. Then I suddenly realized that we are probably witnessing an event that will be unique for a generation or two.

I first became aware of this because of a triviality: for the first time in decades we in Münsingen can see a blue sky for a whole day without any contrails in the sky. I'll have one then 13-hour timelapse of the sky over Bern made. We will probably never see that again soon. A contemporary document!

The next day, the two-man band “Bearbeat” drove up to the square in our development (Giessenpark) and gave a short concert - of course, keeping the 2-meter distance! The concert was an encouragement for everyone who has to stay at home and of course also a source of income for the musicians who are currently not allowed to give concerts because of the pandemic. An idea that set us all up.

I then asked myself what else is unique about this crazy time. Closed shops, of course. In the streets of Münsingen, Bern, Thun and Interlaken I noticed that this is a real photographic treasure trove. There is everything from dry references like "To" or "See you soon" to world conspiracy theories. Including a lot of funny, business-savvy, fatalistic, contrived and poetic.

Of course, I also noticed other traces during my walks. For example, how people almost routinely keep their distance from one another. Masks, something that we previously only knew from Asian tourists, are suddenly ubiquitous. And then there are of course the obvious traces in the form of countless arrows, distance lines, etc., which are more or less followed.

There would be a lot more. I will create a Corona notebook for myself that will record this special time. Hopefully soon we'll leaf through it at home and say: "Do you remember back then, in those crazy times ...".

 

Further works by Urs Hintermann can be found on his website https://urshintermann-photography.ch

Gerhard Schütz: Cloud pyramid Niesen

The pyramid in the Bernese Oberland has always fascinated painters and photographers. Gerhard Schütz photographed the Niesen over and over again from the same location for five years. His impressions are recorded in the book "Cloud pyramid Niesen".

Gerhard Schütz has been taking photos since he was 14 years old. His main topics are landscape, architecture and classic automobiles. After 40 years in the Emmental, he has lived in Merligen since 2011, where this book project was created ...

To the book description at fotointern.ch…