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René Groebli: Early Work
René Groebli: Early Work
René Groebli
September 20, 2022
The Photographer freehand 1946
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From September 25 to December 18, 2022, the Photography Forum of the Aachen City Region dedicates a major showcase to the early oeuvre of René Groebli – one of the most accomplished black-and-white photographers of the 20th century.
Born 1927 in Zurich, Switzerland, Groebli was only 26 years old when he was asked to be part of the legendary exhibition ‘The Family of Man’, curated by Edward Steichen for the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. In the early 1950s, Groebli was a reportage photographer for international magazines such as Life and Picture Post. He also spent time in Africa and the Middle East on behalf of London’s Black Star agency.
‘Early Work’ features a comprehensive selection of Groebli’s widely acclaimed visual essays, including ‘Rail Magic’, ‘The Eye of Love’ and ‘Beryl Chen’. The photographer’s ability to capture the intangible – to convey a palpable experience of the atmosphere, smells and sounds of a depicted scene – remains unparalleled to this day.
The exhibition, which comprises around 140 black-and-white images spanning from 1945 to 1955, was curated by Dr. Thomas Buchsteiner and Dr. Nina Mika-Helfmeier.
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Born 1927 in Zurich, Switzerland, Groebli was only 26 years old when he was asked to be part of the legendary exhibition ‘The Family of Man’, curated by Edward Steichen for the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. In the early 1950s, Groebli was a reportage photographer for international magazines such as Life and Picture Post. He also spent time in Africa and the Middle East on behalf of London’s Black Star agency.
‘Early Work’ features a comprehensive selection of Groebli’s widely acclaimed visual essays, including ‘Rail Magic’, ‘The Eye of Love’ and ‘Beryl Chen’. The photographer’s ability to capture the intangible – to convey a palpable experience of the atmosphere, smells and sounds of a depicted scene – remains unparalleled to this day.
The exhibition, which comprises around 140 black-and-white images spanning from 1945 to 1955, was curated by Dr. Thomas Buchsteiner and Dr. Nina Mika-Helfmeier.
For further information url=https://www.staedteregion-aachen.de/de/navigation/aemter/kultur-s-16/fotografie-forum-ausstellungen-2021/rene-groebli-retrospektive target=_blankStädteregion Aachen[/url]
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Born in Zürich on 9 October, 1927, he began his training photography with Theo Vornow in 1944, then continued his photographic studies at the Arts & Crafts College in Zürich, before beginning an apprenticeship as cameraman for documentary films in 1946.
As of 1949, he was a photo reporter for various Swiss and international magazines. His first non-commissioned series Magie der Schiene was produced in 1949 by his own Turnus Publishing. He left photo journalism at the beginning of the fifties and began to build up a very successful career as an industrial and commercial photographer, supported by his wife Rita (1923–2013). Groebli’s experiments with colour photography in both free, artistic works, as well as in applied areas, are sensational and enjoy international acclaim. He withdrew from commercial photography at the end of the seventies. More
The Photographer freehand 1946
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The Eye of Love, 1952
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London, 1949
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Marcel Marceau, 1950
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Paris, 1948
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