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  • WHY OMAHA?
  • MOSCOW 1991
  • HONGKONG FILES
  • TRAMUNTANA FILES
  • PLASTIC CREATURES
  • POSTPHOTOGRAPHIC MOMENTS
  • SAURÓPOLIS
  • BCN FASHION BEACH
  • WHAT'S TRUE
  • INSIDE POBLENOU
  • QUIXOTE XXIl
  • SCARY [STONE] FACES -
  • ON THE ROAD
  • STRANGE DAYS
  • PEACE BE WITH YOU
  • ABOUT ME
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    • WHY OMAHA ?

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    • Moscow, August 1991

      During 3 days military forces occupy the center of Moscow in an attempt of coup d'état against Gorbatchov's reforms and opening of the country. Civilians spontaneously take the streets, talk to the soldiers and try to convince them to step back (even by offering them hamburgers from the newly opened MC Donalds...). Finally and with the help of Yeltsin the coup failed and putschists were jailed (but in later years rehabilitated...).

       

      STOP THE WAR 2022 !

       

    •  INVADERS (2015-2022)

      Plastic in our waters threatens our ecosystem and is one of the main environmental issues of our times.

      I present my found objects from the shores of the Mediterranean as vivid creatures and in a friendly way, but defenitely want to draw attention to this universal problem!

    •  POSTPHOTOGRAPHIC MOMENTS (2017-2021)

      My experimenting and messing around with the panorama function of an Iphone started back in 2017. I was absolutely fascinated by the possibility of light-painting with daylight! and its unpredictible outcome. Now, a few years later this practice is labeled and goes by the hashtag of #panoglitch. I for myself prefer calling these images postphotographic moments.

    • Saurópolis  - Pioneer use of a mobile phone camera (2005/06)

      The streets of Poblenou / BCN. A rather poetic view of a barrio in transformation. Images made with a Nokia N90 (2MP) mobile-phone camera which produce a kind of pictorial quality and a lot of "grain". It was very exciting at the time to print those photographs big size (up to 2m) and use them for my book project Saurópolis. This has not been done before, there was definitely new ground to explore.

    • BCN FASHION BEACH - Barcelona Beaches 2007/08

      Summer beaches of Barcelona present a symphony of chaos and colors and my intention was to add a touch of poetry and humor to it. Always riding a fine line between intimacy and exhibitonism. It was my definite step into digital photography, using a rather long lens (180mm) on a reflex camera this time (in order to form noticably part of the scene).

    • WHAT'S TRUE - Painting with light (1999-2000)

      On my trips on assignment I used to take some time off when ever possible to explore cityscape scenarios at dawn. I was  looking for unexpected results by doing long exposures and camera movements. Keep in mind that at those times you only saw the results when the slides got delivered from the lab, which always was an exciting moment. Original work on color slides.

      San Francisco, 1999
      Sagrada Familia, Barcelona 1999
      Castellana, Madrid 1999
      NYC, 2000
      La Defènse, Paris 1999
      Chicago, 2000
      Prague, 2000
      Abu Dhabi 2000
      España Industrial, Barcelona 1999
      Hotel Arts, Barcelona 1999
      MACBA, Barcelona 1999
      San Francisco 1999
    • Inside Poblenou - Arxiu Fotogràfic de Barcelona 2017/18

      Inside views of a barrio during its transformation from industrial to hi-tech. It's a follow-up of "Saurópolis", but this time in a more documentary approach, photographing from within.

    • QUIXOTE XXI - la Mancha revisited (2002/03)

      Visiting la Mancha to take photographs in a Quixote state of mind, using a small and outdated bakelite camera from the 50's. On the lookout of protagonists of the all time classic by Cervantes. Original works are on color negatives.

      Aparición de la triste figura
      Quijote en Barcelona
      Dulcinea fotografiada en El Toboso
      Camino hacia la venta
      Sancho Panza
      Castillo
      Rocinante
      Cura
      Gigantes
      Teresa Panza
      Campo de Montiel
      Caballo encantado
    • SCARY [STONE] FACES - (2011-13)

      Volcanic rocks meet the walking dead. A visual correspondence  between two independant series. All that we see or seem ist just a dream within a dream (Edgar Allan Poe). Digital photography.

    • On the road

      In the hills of Jamaica, 1980

      In summer 1980 I left Switzerland for an extensive trip first to Florida, then a few Caribbean Islands and finally South America, in fact with no other desire than sensing a taste of real life, different from what I had experienced so far in Europe. Without much planning and just a short time after having enjoyed an amazing Bob Marley concert at the Hallenstadion in Zurich I found myself in midst of sugar cane plants in some lost hills of rural Jamaica, the island that Bob's music has brought into worldwide spotlight. I was lucky enough to enjoy the company of a Caribbean grandma and her grandson for some 2-3 days (or say some timeless time). As a funny detail and proof for this timeless feeling you can see my Swiss chronometer wrapped around the boy's arm.

    • STRANGE DAYS - Selected work from 1982 - 1991

      Early black and white street photography

      Marseille, 1985
      New York City, 1989
      New York City, 1983
      New York City, 1983
      Hoboken NJ, 1989
      Rochester NY, 1982
      MT. Morris NY, 1982
      Moscow, 1991
      San Francisco, 1990
      Schlieren, Switzerland, 1985
      Arles, 1985
      Madrid, 1989
      Natal, Brazil, 1987
      Arles, 1985, Workshop with Lucien Clergue
      Rio de Janeiro, 1987
      Barcelona, 1988
      Paraty, Brazil, 1987
      Berlin, 1989
    • peace be with you

      Selected work from 1990 - 2017

      New York City
      UAE
      Cairo
      Florida
      Gibraltar
      Abu Dhabi
      Galápagos
      La Habana
      Penang
      Zagora
      Petra
      Tokyo
      Florida
      Peking
      Barcelona
      Zurich
      Istanbul
      Paris
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