Hugo Jaeggi

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Hugo Jaeggi by Matthias Leupold , 2017

Hugo Josef Jaeggi (born May 15, 1936 in Solothurn ; † August 23, 2018 in Burg im Leimental ) was a Swiss photographer .

life and work

Hugo Jaeggi completed his apprenticeship as a photographer with Ernst Räss from 1953–1956 in Solothurn, after graduating from high school in 1953. In the following period from 1958–1959 he worked as a cameraman for Swiss television . Hugo Jaeggi passed the master craftsman examination in 1960. From then on he ran his own photo business in Basel as a freelance photographer until 1974. From 1983 he lived and worked in Burg im Leimental ( Canton Basel-Landschaft ). Jaeggi devoted himself constantly to his own photo projects with high artistic standards, especially in the field of portraits . He traveled together - often with his journalist friend Peter Jaeggi - to Guatemala, India, Belarus and African countries. He always used these orders to create his own, very personal and mostly black and white pictures in addition to the colored “compulsory part” for the media . While the reportage photos appeared in many different print media, including in the magazine of the Basler Zeitung , the artist continuously completed his personal photographic work.

Jaeggi tried to capture his experiences and dreams in repeatedly composed images that are bathed in the special light. The classic parameters of the design, a well thought-out composition and narration in several narrative levels, remained essential criteria for him. For six decades he used his tried and tested Leica 35mm camera with a 35 mm lens .

“Hugo Jaeggi is also a virtuoso narrator. Above all, the encounter with people inspires him to record life stories and fates, to accompany developments, to observe changes and to think about these changes, "wrote Peter Pfrunder, the director of the Swiss Photo Foundation about Hugo Jaeggi (in: Peter Jaeggi and Peter Pfrunder ( Ed.), "Hugo Jaeggi. Close to people: Photographs", Benteli, Bern). The Fotostiftung Schweiz Winterthur archives over 600 silver gelatine prints by the artist (as of 2017).

Hugo Jaeggi's subjects include: portrait, landscape, still life, everyday life, industry ( Von Roll ), work, several long-term projects , humanitarian issues, etc. a. in Switzerland and Europe: Belarus, the Czech Republic, Africa: Tanzania, Asia: India, South America: Guatemala a. v. a.

He taught at a Steiner school until 2016. From 2006, Hugo Jaeggi turned to changes in the immediate vicinity with the digital camera when he discovered the unusual nature of natural processes of decay in the immediate vicinity of his house.

Jaeggi died of cancer in 2018 at the age of 82.

Long-term observations / image sequences (selection)

  • 1982: Peter G.
  • 1986: Trudy R.
  • 1999: Pina D.
  • 1996: Christoph E.
  • 2006: Genesis

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1956: “Man and Life”, Fuchsenhöhle, Solothurn
  • 1981: Work Gallery, Zurich
  • 1982 and 1988: Galerie Photo Art, Basel
  • 1983: Jutta Rössler Gallery, Stuttgart
  • 1983: «Artists' Symposium», Basler Künstler exhibition space, Basel
  • 1984: "Reflections and the other side of the mirror", Forum Stadtpark , Graz
  • 1985: "Retrospective 1954-1984" Kreissparkasse, Reutlingen, Germany 1985
  • 1985: Photoforum PasquArt, Biel
  • 1986: «Hugo Jaeggi. Photographs », Solothurn Art Museum
  • 1987: Center d'Action Culturelle, Mulhouse, France
  • 1991: Kornhauskeller , Bern
  • 1996: «Bena Bai. Leprosy has a face », Olten Art Museum
  • 1997: "Dear Hugo, I'm fine", Kulturforum, Laufen BL
  • 1997: "Lichtzeichen", University, Basel
  • 1999: Festival International du Film , Friborg
  • 1998: «Hope dies last - Belarus twelve years after Chernobyl», with Sergej Bruschko, traveling exhibition, Cantonal Cultural Center Palais Besenval , Solothurn
  • 2002: "Christoph Eggli, a Swiss social refugee"
  • 2004: «Faces», Klingental exhibition space , Basel
  • 2009/10: “The other side of the mirror”, Schneider-Henn photo gallery, Wasserburg
  • 2012: «Sélection», Kulturforum, Laufen
  • 2013: “Zwischenwelten”, BelleVue, Basel 2013
  • 2016: "Photographs 1953-2016", Swiss Photo Foundation , Winterthur
  • 2017: Galerie Argus Fotokunst, Berlin
  • 2019: “Hugo Jaeggi Photography”, Philosphicum, Basel

Group exhibitions (selection)

  • 1981: “Working Switzerland”, SBG gallery, Werd pavilion, Zurich
  • 1982: "ways of seeing", Work Gallery, Zurich
  • 1984: “Unknown Switzerland”, SBG Gallery, Werd Pavilion, Zurich
  • 1984: “Thinking about 1984”, Kunstmuseum, Solothurn
  • 1987: "Women see men, men see women", Kunstmuseum, Solothurn
  • 1988: «Portrait Art», Kulturhaus Palazzo, Liestal
  • 1990: "Fremd", Palais Besenval, Olten
  • 1990: «Important pictures. Photography in Switzerland », Museum of Design, Zurich
  • 1993: “Three cities, seven photographers”, Okresni Muzeum, Kladno, Czech Republic
  • 1993: “3 cities, 7 photographers”, Photoforum PasquArt, Biel
  • 1996: «In artificial light. Photography in the 20th Century », Kunsthaus, Zurich
  • 1997: «Weltenblicke. Reportage photography and its media », Fotomuseum, Winterthur
  • 1998: «About sight. Photo funding in the canton of Solothurn since 1973 », Palais Besenval, Solothurn
  • 2000: «Project Totentanz. Becoming / Being / Passing away ”, Palais Besenval, Solothurn
  • 2003: “Solothurn im Sucher”, Art Museum, Solothurn
  • 2003: «Nu», Photoforum PasquArt, Biel
  • 2006: «Forgotten & misunderstood. Seven items from the collection of the Swiss Photo Foundation », Swiss Photo Foundation, Winterthur
  • 2010: "FastNacht: Twilight and Darkness", Karin Schneider-Henn photo gallery, Wasserburg am Inn D
  • 2011: “The time in time”, photo gallery Karin Schneider-Henn, Wasserburg am Inn D
  • 2011: «Contemporary photography at the southern foot of the Jura», Historical Museum, Olten
  • 2012/13 “Anita Neugebauer: Photo Art Basel”, Das Verborgene Museum, Berlin

Prices

  • 1956: First prize in the Swiss Photographers Association competition
  • 1984: SBG recognition award
  • 1984: Prize of the Board of Trustees for the Promotion of Culture of the Canton of Solothurn
  • 1989: Photo Prize of the Canton of Bern
  • 1987: First prize photo competition of the Board of Trustees for the Promotion of Culture of the Canton of Solothurn
  • 1989: Photo Prize of the Canton of Bern
  • 1990: First prize photo competition of the Board of Trustees for the Promotion of Culture of the Canton of Solothurn
  • 1994: Prize of the Photo Forum PasquArt Biel
  • 1998: Art and Culture Prize of the Canton of Solothurn

Single publication (illustrated books)

  • 1980: "Green 80", Friedrich Reinhardt, Basel
  • 1984: "Les très riches heures", DU 518, April
  • 1985: "New Swiss Photographers", DU 534, August
  • 1986: «Hugo Jaeggi. Photographs »(cat., Text by Urs Stahel), Art Museum, Solothurn
  • 1994: Peter Jaeggi, “People in Tela - Faces and Stories from the Factory”, Aarcadia-Verlag, Solothurn
  • 1997: «Energy moves people. 100 years of Elektra Birseck », Infel, Zurich
  • 1998: Peter Jaeggi (ed.), "Hope dies last - Belarus in the year twelve after Chernobyl" (with Sergej Bruschko), AT Verlag, Aarau
  • 2006: Peter Jaeggi and Peter Pfrunder (eds.), «Hugo Jaeggi. Close to people: photographs », Benteli, Bern
  • 2016: “Photographs 1953–2016” (cat.), Swiss Photo Foundation, Winterthur

Collective publications (selection)

  • 1981: «Almanach '81. Photo and film in the canton of Solothurn. An inventory », Education Department of the Canton of Solothurn, Solothurn
  • 1990: «Important pictures. Photography in Switzerland », Everyday Life, Zurich
  • 1994: «About sight. Photo funding in the canton of Solothurn since 1973 »(doc.), Palais Besenval, Solothurn
  • 1996: «In artificial light. Photography in the 20th Century »(cat.), Kunsthaus, Zurich
  • 1997: «Weltblick. Reportage photography and its media »(cat.), Offizin, Zurich
  • 1999: "When life comes to an end", Pedagogical-Theological Institute of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland, Bad Godesberg
  • 2006: «Forgotten & misunderstood. Seven items from the collection of the Swiss Photo Foundation »(cat.), Limmat, Zurich
  • 2007: "Flowers for Anita: Anita Neugebauer and the Photo Art Basel Gallery", Schwabe, Basel
  • 2011: «Contemporary photography at the southern foot of the Jura» (cat.), Historical Museum, Olten
  • 2012: “A Window to the World. From Dürer to Mondrian and Beyond ”, Skira, Milan

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary
  2. ↑ Book about holy cows and book about Chernobyl and nuclear disasters. Retrieved October 15, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Photo Foundation Switzerland: Photo Foundation: Contact . In: Photo Foundation . ( fotostiftung.ch [accessed on October 15, 2017]).
  4. ^ Profound, moving photography book. Retrieved October 15, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Swiss Photo Foundation: Photo Foundation: Index of Photographers . In: Photo Foundation . ( fotostiftung.ch [accessed on October 15, 2017]).
  6. ↑ Obituary of the day and week
personal data
SURNAME Jaeggi, Hugo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jaeggi, Hugo Josef (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss photographer
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Solothurn
DATE OF DEATH 23rd August 2018
Place of death Castle in the Leimental