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René Groebli in Paris
René Groebli in Paris
René Groebli
April 14, 2022
René Groebli: La magie du rail, #582, 1949
© René Groebli Courtesy Galerie Esther Woerdehoff
Galerie Esther Woerdehoff celebrates the Swiss photography legend’s oeuvre with a selection of iconic vintage prints. On view until April 23, 2022.
Swiss post-war photographer and trained cinematographer René Groebli (b. 1924 in Zurich) is renowned for his ability to capture emotive moments through his intimate photographs and portraits. Throughout his career, he worked as a reporter for various international magazines, including Picture Post and Life. The intention behind Groebli’s work is not merely to document a given scene, but to capture the atmosphere of his surroundings and the emotions of his subjects.
Groebli was a student in Hans Finsler’s famous photography class at the Zurich University of Arts, which was also attended by Robert Franck, Werner Bischof, Robert Franck, Werner Bischof and René Burri. However, Groebli ultimately extricated himself from the New Objectivity movement prevalent in the 1920s. In addition to his poetic observations, he pioneered new creative approaches and techniques that had an enduring impact on the nature of advertising photography.
Under the title of ‘Perspectives’, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff presents a selection of over fifty platinum palladium prints, featuring iconic masterpieces from the artist’s most important series.
For further information visit Galerie Esther Woerdehoff
Swiss post-war photographer and trained cinematographer René Groebli (b. 1924 in Zurich) is renowned for his ability to capture emotive moments through his intimate photographs and portraits. Throughout his career, he worked as a reporter for various international magazines, including Picture Post and Life. The intention behind Groebli’s work is not merely to document a given scene, but to capture the atmosphere of his surroundings and the emotions of his subjects.
Groebli was a student in Hans Finsler’s famous photography class at the Zurich University of Arts, which was also attended by Robert Franck, Werner Bischof, Robert Franck, Werner Bischof and René Burri. However, Groebli ultimately extricated himself from the New Objectivity movement prevalent in the 1920s. In addition to his poetic observations, he pioneered new creative approaches and techniques that had an enduring impact on the nature of advertising photography.
Under the title of ‘Perspectives’, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff presents a selection of over fifty platinum palladium prints, featuring iconic masterpieces from the artist’s most important series.
For further information visit Galerie Esther Woerdehoff
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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
René Groebli: La magie du rail, #582, 1949
© René Groebli Courtesy Galerie Esther Woerdehoff
René Groebli: La magie du rail, #394, 1949
© René Groebli Courtesy Galerie Esther Woerdehoff
René Groebli: The Eye of Love, #512, 1952
© René Groebli Courtesy Galerie Esther Woerdehoff
René Groebli: The Eye of Love, #1582, 1952
© René Groebli Courtesy Galerie Esther Woerdehoff