Barbara Brändli
Barbara Brändli (born November 21, 1932 in Schaffhausen ; † December 2011 in Caracas ) was a Swiss photographer .
life and work
Barbara Brändli was the daughter of Hans Brändli and Kläri, née Hofer († 1944) and attended school in Basadingen and Diessenhofen . She then trained as a classical ballet dancer in Basel and Geneva . From 1951 to 1956 she stayed in Paris for further training , where she soon discovered that she was already too old for a career in ballet.
In order to earn a living in Paris, she worked in the fashion industry for draftsmen and photographers as a model and became interested in photography. In Paris, Brändli met the Venezuelan architect Augusto Tobito Acevedo, who was an assistant to Le Corbusier ; the two married in 1957. In the same year their daughter was born in Frauenfeld .
When her husband was called to the Central University of Caracas in 1959 , the family moved there. Brändli got to know personalities from the Venezuelan cultural world and began her autodidactic career as a photographer. So she documented the cultural scene in Venezuela a. a. of dance, music, theater and architecture.
From the 1960s onwards, Brändli concentrated on anthropological photography and research into the various ethnic groups and peoples of Venezuela. She documented the life of the indigenous tribes of the Yekuane , Waika and Yanomami on the Orinoko River (Alto Orinoco).
Their first exhibition took place in 1962 in the "Museo de Bellas Artes" in Caracas. In 1968 she was hired by the University of Los Angeles to continue her research on the Yanomami community and to exhibit her photographs at the university.
Her photographs have been published in numerous magazines a. a. in Geo , DU and in the French Photo Magazine .
While Brändli continued her research and photographic illustrations on the life and rites of the different cultures and peoples of Venezuela, she also produced dance and theater photographs as well as a report on the Venezuelan Andes from 1962 to 1975 . Brändli contributed significantly to the development of anthropological photography and contemporary South American photography.
In the mid-1970s, Brändli spent a lot of time in Mucuchíes and supported the local textile craftsmen in preserving their knowledge and passing it on to future generations. After Brändli's death, her ashes were scattered in Mucuchíes along with the man who died a few months later.
The Swiss television broadcast on 3 August 2000 in the program "Wanderlust" a portrait of Brändlis life. After her death, Brändli's work was kept by the Spanish researcher Horacio Fernández.
Prizes and awards
- 1966: National Photo Prize, with Claudio Perna
- 1980: Prize for the best book from the "Biblioteca National"
- 1996: National Photo Prize of the City of Caracas.
- 1994: “Premio National de Fotografia” award from Venezuela for her complete works
- 2004: "National Photography Award" for her outstanding work in Venezuela.
literature
- Barbara Fatzer: Barbara Brändli. The search for the origin. In: Thurgauer Jahrbuch , Vol. 76, 2001, pp. 61–74. ( e-periodica.ch )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Barbara Fatzer: parents of Barbara Brändli. Retrieved May 3, 2020 .
Web links
- Barbara Brändli In: WorldCat
- Barbara Brändli. in arte-amazonia
- Barbara Brändli. in Archivo Fotografía Urbana
- Barbara Brändli and Augusto Tobito in Apuntes - Revista Digital de Arquitectura
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brändli, Barbara |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schaffhausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 2011 |
| Place of death | Caracas |