Fine Print: Abstraction (Tension). Zurich, Switzerland, circa 1941 Top Seller

Fine Print: Abstraction (Tension). Zurich, Switzerland, circa 1941 Top SellerWerner Bischof set up his studio near the end of the thirties in a suburb of Zurich. After 1939, Switzerland had become an island of liberalism surrounded by a sea of fascism. Treating it as his ivory tower, Bischof devoted himself to his work as a studio photographer and portraitist, perfecting his photographic technique and training himself to be a master of seeing. Patience, care and precision were cultivated, and, as a result, a highly poetic

showcasing the power of photography to capture the mood of the time and immortalize communities for future generations

the book forms a prescient meditation on America

from the Gobi Desert to the banks of the Yangtze

Bruce took the subway train through Brooklyn to capture the sunbathers

formally striking images

letting him into his private world and acting as his guide to circus life

People of all ages

the sun tenderly embraces a body and projects it as a delicate silhouette onto the hay

Magnum library barcode on the interior of the back cover

Darkness surrounds the city and people disappear into their homes and apartments

often darkly humorous photography that offers an emotional and psychological portrait of his home country of Australia – from the southern outback to its busy beaches

One wonders how she must have felt about the bowlers and the bunting