Case dei Tre
Oci
Werner Bischof –
Photographs 1934-1954
At the Casa dei Tre Oci, the large-scale anthological show devoted to Werner Bischof (1916-1954), until
February 25, one of the most important Swiss
photographers of the twentieth century, and one of the founders of the Magnum Agency, the exhibition is curated by his son
Marco Bischof.
On The road to Cuzco,
Near Pisac, Peru – May 1954
Denis Curti, Emanuela Bassetti and Fabio Achilli
Werner
Bischof – Photographs 1934-1954
Harbour of Kowloon,
Hong Kong - 1952
The 250 photos, mostly vintage,
include Werner Bischof’s most important reportages, and are an overview of the
long journeys that led the Swiss
artist to the most remote corners of the earth, from India to Japan, Korea,
Indochina, and then on to Panama,
Chile, and Peru.
Werner
Bischof – Photographs 1934-1954
Preparations for the Emperor Hirohito – Tokyo, Japan – 1951
Emperor Hirohito and
His Wife – Tokyo, Japan - 1951
Copyright Werner Bischof / Magnum
Photos – courtesy Casa dei Tre Oci
Werner
Bischof – Photographs 1934-1954
Genoa, Italy - 1946
This show arrives in Italy on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary
of Bischof’s birth and consists of vintage prints, reminiscences, documents,
letters, and publications. It also includes a selection of twenty previously unexhibited black and
white photos that have Italy as
their subject. In them we can discern the originality of the shots, which
reveal the “neorealist” eye of Werner Bischof.
Werner
Bischof – Photographs 1934-1954
Orginal Contact Prints
– Italy 1946
Werner
Bischof – Photographs 1934-1954
In the Streets of
Seoul, Korea - 1951
Copyright Werner Bischof /Magnum
Photos - courtesy Casa dei Tre Oci
Werner
Bischof – Photographs 1934-1954
Southern Part of the
USA – 1954
St. Louis Missouri,
USA - 1953
Bischof’s
journey continues to American
cities, and captures metropolitan developments, with a series of color photos. Bischof, considered to be one of the
greatest photojournalists, did not restrict himself to recording reality with
his lens, but stopped to reflect in front of his subjects in a search to
express the dichotomies between industrial development and poverty, business
and spirituality, modernity and tradition.
Andrea Holzherr, Denis
Curti and Mark Smith