Central Switzerland Exhibition in Kriens shows the heyday of press photography
The photograph "Italy in Zurich's suburbs" appeared in the magazine "der Familienfreund" and was taken by Erwin Liechti (Zurich).
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The photograph with the legend "The jeans expedition. Lucerne teenagers help build an alpine hut near Engelberg" was taken by Lorenz Fischer (Lucerne) and published in the magazine "Heim und Leben" in 1962.
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The photograph "Italy in Zurich's suburbs" appeared in the magazine "der Familienfreund" and was taken by Erwin Liechti (Zurich).
Image: Keystone
The photograph with the legend "The jeans expedition. Lucerne teenagers help build an alpine hut near Engelberg" was taken by Lorenz Fischer (Lucerne) and published in the magazine "Heim und Leben" in 1962.
Image: Keystone
The Museum im Bellpark Kriens provides an insight into the extensive photo archive of the C. J. Bucher publishing house, which published the magazine "Heim und Leben", among others. In the new photo exhibition "L'objectif flâneur", visitors can immerse themselves in the heyday of press photography from August 23.
22.07.2024, 16:26
SDA
The photo collection consists of around 11,000 prints and documents the social change in Switzerland during the transition to the modernization of living conditions after the Second World War, as the museum announced on Monday. On display are selected photos from 1932 to 1966, when the illustrated press prospered and was considered the most important image medium of all.
The focus is on the photographers who shaped the profile of the magazines published by C.J. Bucher Verlag, according to the statement. These include Lorenz Fischer, Mondo Annoni, Hans Baumgartner, Hedy Bumbacher, Erika Faul-Symmer, Erwin Liechti, Yvan Dalain, Rob Gnant, Georg Gerster and many more.
According to the museum, the selection of pictures unites positions from German-speaking Switzerland, Italian-speaking Switzerland and French-speaking Switzerland. This is because the publishing house also published a French-language medium in the form of the magazine "L'Abeille".
Following the dissolution of the C. J. Bucher publishing house, the picture collection was taken over by the Museum im Bellpark and has been secured and inventoried over the last ten years. The exhibition will be officially opened on August 23 at 6:30 pm and will run until December 8.
