Fernand Rausser

Fernand Rausser (born August 24, 1926 in Bern , † March 25, 2016 in Bolligen ; nickname Sepp ) was a Swiss photographer .

Life

Born in Bern-Bümpliz , grew up in Münchenbuchsee and Frauenfeld , Rausser completed an apprenticeship as a photographer from 1943 to 1946. After years as a journeyman in Geneva, Lausanne and Bern, he attended Hans Finsler's photography class at the Zurich School of Applied Arts in 1949 . Since then he has worked as a freelance advertising and press photographer , from 1953 with his partner Hanny Meinhardt, and also with colleagues like Kurt Blum . In 1963 he moved to Bolligen .

He has published over 40 illustrated books with photos of all genres - including photo montages , collages and cartoons - and has been awarded the prize for the most beautiful Swiss books several times. From 1949 he showed his works at numerous exhibitions. He illustrated seven Mondo picture volumes as well as the Swiss-wide cooking textbook Tiptopf . In 2003 he founded his own book publisher. He was married in second marriage since 2005.

Awards

• 1989 Paul Haupt Prize

Illustrated books (selection)

Own works

• Provence . Ahrbeck, Munich 1956
• Who is who in Switzerland? 27,000 Swiss nationals (ring booklet). Benteli, Bern 1971
• Bern from above . With texts by Klaus Schädelin . Benteli, Bern 1976, ISBN 3-7165-0097-6
• Paradise is still alive . Walter, Olten 1979, ISBN 3-530-67940-2
• Five places in Max Frisch's life . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1981, ISBN 3-518-02843-X
• Concert rehearsal with Yehudi Menuhin and the Camerata Lysy . Haupt, Bern 1986, ISBN 3-258-03575-X
• Aerial image Bern . Aare, Solothurn 1990, ISBN 3-7260-0345-2
• Bern - Berne. Kaleidoscope of a canton , Bern 2003, ISBN 3-7272-1167-9
• My camera laughs, cries and is amazed (with Fred Zaugg). Wegwarte, Bolligen 2008, ISBN 978-3-9523235-0-2

Commissioned work

• Nestlé in the developing world . Nestlé, Vevey 1975
• Pot . Intercantonal teaching material for home economics lessons. Lehrmittelverlag, Bern 1986; 19. A. 2008, ISBN 978-3-292-00481-9

literature

• Georg Sütterlin: Rausser, Fernand. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Niklaus Imfeld (Ed.): Moments. The photographer Fernand Sepp Rausser. 50 years of craftsmanship and diversity . Stämpfli, Bern 1996, ISBN 3-7272-9574-0

Web links

• Literature by and about Fernand Rausser in the catalog of the German National Library
• Portrait of the Swiss Photo Foundation
• Portrait with detailed bibliography in the online lexicon fotoCH
• Obituary in the federal government , accessed on April 1, 2016.