Contact Sheet Print: Swiss Mountain Peaks, 1941 Size:20 x 24 in (50 x 60 cm) The empty road curves gently

The empty road curves gently ahead

observational

“It was only on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of May ‘68 that we took time to re-edit because we were preparing two books and various exhibitions

he also photographed many famous faces and events

Contact Sheet Print: Swiss Mountain Peaks, 1941 Size:20 x 24 in (50 x 60 cm) The empty road curves gentlyWerner Bischof was born in Switzerland. He studied photography with Hans Finsler in his native Zurich at the School for Arts and Crafts, then opened a photography and advertising studio. In 1942, he became a freelancer for Du magazine, which published his first major photo essays in 1943. Bischof received international recognition after the publication of his 1945 reportage on the devastation caused by the Second World War. This contact sheet contains