Josef Ritler

Josef Ritler in 2003

Josef Ritler (* 1939 in Naters ), also known as “Sepp Ritler” or “Seppi Ritler”, is a Swiss journalist who photographed and wrote for the tabloid Blick for 40 years .

Life

Ritler went to school first in Naters, then in Brig . He was unable to finish his later apprenticeship as a bricklayer for health reasons. That is why he began training as a photographer in Lucerne .

He initially worked for various newspapers and the Swiss Army. When taking photos in the run-up to Expo64 in Lausanne, the eye finally caught sight of him. For 40 years he worked as a photographer as well as a journalist until his early retirement at the age of 64.

From autumn 2003 he worked occasionally as a VJ for the Swiss regional broadcaster TeleTell .

Awards

• 1997 Swiss Press Photo
• 2003 Ringier Media Prize
• 2007 Lifetime Award Swiss Professional Photographers Association

literature

• «Mr. Blick »was there. Josef Ritler: 40 years of photojournalism. In: Lucerne Week , November 7, 2007.
• Josef Ritler - Cover pictures 2007, Photo Documentation Foundation of the Canton of Lucerne ( photo document )
• Swiss Press Photo. BZ media group, Bern 1997
• GoldVreni. Ringier , Zurich 1989 (photos)
• 50 years of field division 8th command field division 8, Lucerne 1988 (collaboration)
• Michi. Armando Dadò Editore , Locarno 1984 (photos)
• Our Gotthard. Ringier, Zurich 1980 (collaboration)
• Looking back 20 years of world and Swiss history. Ringier, Zurich 1979 (collaboration)
• Bernhard Russi. Habegger-Verlag, Derendingen 1971 (photos)

Web links

• Website by Josef Ritler
• Information on exhibitions, publications and sample pictures
• Profession: Reporter ?? For 40 years, Josef Ritler was the “eye of the gaze” in Central Switzerland. Video in: Kulturplatz , SRF 1 from November 21, 2007
• Full program. Video in: Aeschbacher , SRF 1 from February 19, 2015 (from minute 12)