Werner Bischof: Backstory
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This new monograph captures the life and work of a Magnum great, Swiss photographer Werner Bischof (1916-64), and features his most iconic images, as well as insight into his life as a photojournalist and artist. Known for his postwar social documentary work, Bischof was inspired to become a journalist after the ruin of World War…
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his photographs open up worlds.And true to this quote, this book provides a time capsule of the postwar world, opened up by the compelling and profound story of the life of this adventurous artist.
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 311
Publication date: 2016-04-26
Measurements: 10 x 12 x 1.3 inches
ISBN: 9781597113526
Werner Bischof opened a photography and advertising studio before becoming a freelance photojournalist and traveling internationally. He received high recognition for his coverage of World War II and in 1949 became one the first members of Magnum. While photographing in the Andes, he died tragically at the age of thirty-eight.
Werner Bischof opened a photography and advertising studio before becoming a freelance photojournalist and traveling internationally. He received high recognition for his coverage of World War II and in 1949 became one the first members of Magnum. While photographing in the Andes, he died tragically at the age of thirty-eight.
Marco Bischof, Werner Bischof’s son, is a documentary filmmaker, editor, and author who has dedicated much of his career to telling his father’s story. His films and books include Werner Bischof: 1916–1954: His Life and Work (1990), and Questions To My Father (2004).
Kristen Lubben is the Executive Director of the Magnum Foundation. She was previously a longtime curator at the International Center of Photography and the author of many publications including Magnum Contact Sheets (2014).
Fred Ritchin is professor and associate chair of the Department of Photography and Imaging at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and codirects the Photography and Human Rights Program at NYU with the Magnum Foundation. He is also director and cofounder of PixelPress, which works with humanitarian groups to develop visual projects dealing with social justice issues. Ritchin has written for Aperture, Le Monde, the New York Times, and the Village Voice, and authored several books, including the prescient In Our Own Image: The Coming Revolution in Photography (Aperture, 1990, 2000) and the more recent After Photography (2009) and Bending the Frame (2013).