Martin Zurmühle

Martin Zurmühle (born May 19, 1956 in Lucerne ) is a Swiss architect, photographer, trainer and author of photo textbooks.

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As a photographer he is known for his landscape nudes. As the author of photo textbooks, he developed two new systems for analyzing and evaluating photographs:

• The four-eyes model as a communication model and that
• Double triangle as a systematic way of assessing and evaluating the quality of photographs as objectively as possible according to selected criteria.

Life

Martin Zurmühle was born in Lucerne (Switzerland), where he lives and works. After high school, he studied architecture at the ETH in Zurich. During his studies he was fascinated by the functional and straightforward architecture of classical modernism (in the tradition of the Bauhaus ) with representatives such as Le Corbusier , Mies van der Rohe , Alvar Aalto and Richard Meier . This love for clarity and precision can also be seen in his photography. After graduating, he founded a small architecture office in Lucerne in 1983, which he ran until 2013. He has been photographing with great passion since he was 16. Until 2002 he pursued photography as an intense hobby. Along with the switch from analog to digital photography, photography also acquired an increasingly commercial aspect. He opened a photo studio and a photo school in Ebikon near Lucerne (Switzerland). Since 2013 photography has been his main occupation. In addition to photo assignments, he writes textbooks on various subjects of photography and teaches in his own and at other photo schools in connection with various photo courses. He has a federal certificate as a trainer and attaches great importance to a methodically and didactically well thought-out and structured training of his students. In his own photography, he primarily focuses on nude photography, which he practices in the photo studio, but above all in beautiful rooms and in nature. His pictures have won medals in many international photo competitions and are shown in galleries and exhibitions around the world. Due to his competitive success, he has the title EFIAP (Excellence FIAP) of the Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique (FIAP). Since 2016 Martin Zurmühle has been the head of the photography course at the Education Center - Business School KV Baden (Switzerland) .

Martin Zurmühle has been married since 1985 and has two children.

Exhibitions

• 2004 Lucerne (Switzerland), Schlössli Utenberg: Fantastic beauty, beautiful fantasies together with Walo Thönen
• 2005 Ebikon (Switzerland), photo studio focus photos: form ... light ... shadow ...
• 2006 Montreal (Canada): Montreal's International Festival of Erotic Art
• 2007 Zurich (Switzerland), Art Gallery Ryf
• 2008 Münsingen (Switzerland), Photo Münsingen: act and place
• 2009 Münsingen (Switzerland), Nude Symphony 2009 , anniversary exhibition nudeART.ch
• 2009 Pingyao and Chengdu (China)
• 2010 Xining (China)
• 2011 Münsingen (Switzerland), Photo Münsingen: Werkschau nudeART.ch
• 2011 Zug (Switzerland), Galerie zum Dicken Fisch
• 2012 Strasbourg (France), Palais des Congrès, Rendez-vous Image
• 2012 Münsingen (Switzerland), Photo Münsingen, landscape act
• 2014 New York (USA), Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, VORTEX of the VISCERAL
• 2014 Münsingen (Switzerland), Nude Symphony 2014 , anniversary exhibition nudeART.ch
• 2014 Fronton (France), Collectif Echiquier
• 2015 Constanța (Romania), Collectif Echiquier
• 2016 Münsingen (Switzerland), Photo Münsingen, nude and water

Awards (selection)

• 2005 1st World of Images Circuit: Gold medal in the digital image processing category
• 2006 Black and White Spider Awards: 1st place in the category Nude (Outstanding Achievement in Nude)
• 2006 Photo Suisse : best all-round photographer (Swiss champion)
• 2007 Photography Masters Cup: 1st place in the Fine Art category (Outstanding Achievement in Fine Art)
• 2009 Photo Suisse : best all-round photographer (Swiss champion)
• 2011 German Photo Book Prize: Silver winner with the book Image Analysis According to the Four-Eye-Model in the Photo Textbooks Category
• 2011 Trierenberg Super Circuit - Special Themes: Gold Medal in the My Best Holiday Images category
• 2011 1st Int. Salon of Photography Smederevo: Bronze medal in the Free Color category and Blue Badge from FIAP as the best photographer in the competition
• 2012 Beauty of Body & Face: FIAP silver medal in the nude category and blue badge as the best photographer in the competition
• 2012 12th Int. DVF-Digital Photo Salon: Silver medal in the black and white category and best photographer in the competition
• 2012 Trierenberg Super Circuit - Special Themes: Gold Medal Category Night images / Painted with light
• 2012 Award of the title AFIAP (Artiste FIAP) by the Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique (FIAP)
• 2013 1st Int. Salon of Photography Montenegro: 3 gold medals and 2 silver medals in different categories
• 2013 1st Swiss International Photo Contest: Gold medal in the Open monochrome category
• 2014 2nd Swiss International Photo Contest: Gold medal in the Open color category
• 2014 Trierenberg Super Circuit: Gold medal in the Digital files category
• 2014 German Photo Book Prize: Silver title with the book Bildsprachungen von Contemporary Photographers in the category photo textbooks
• 2014 1st Circular Exhibition of Photography Bistrica 2014 : 2 gold medal categories Woman and Open monochrome
• 2014 Award of the title EFIAP (Excellence FIAP) by the Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique (FIAP)
• 2015 1st Int. Salon of Photography - Tower Circuit: 6 gold medals, 1 silver and 1 bronze medals and in various categories and 3 Blue Badges from FIAP as the best photographer of the competition

literature

Digital photography

• The great photo school - digital photography . Data Becker Verlag, Düsseldorf 2006, ISBN 3-8158-3512-7 .
• The big photo school - image design for advanced users . Data Becker Verlag, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-8158-2628-7 .
• The big textbook - digital photography . Vier-Augen-Verlag, Lucerne 2014, ISBN 978-3-9523647-5-8 .

Nude photography

• Digital photo practice nude photography . Galileo Verlag, Bonn 2008, ISBN 978-3-8362-1120-8 .
• The shooting book nude photography . Galileo Verlag, Bonn 2010, ISBN 978-3-8362-1388-2 .
• Nude photography. The big photo school . Galileo Verlag, Bonn 2011, ISBN 978-3-8362-1790-3 .
• The shooting book nude photography . Galileo Verlag, Bonn 2012, ISBN 978-3-8362-1923-5 .

Image analysis and evaluation

• The MAGIC of photography or the SECRET of outstanding pictures - PICTURE ANALYSIS according to the four-eyes model . Vier-Augen-Verlag, Lucerne 2010, ISBN 978-3-9523647-0-3 .
• The MAGIC of photography or the SECRET of outstanding pictures - PICTURE EVALUATION with the double triangle . Vier-Augen-Verlag, Lucerne 2011, ISBN 978-3-9523647-2-7 .
• The MAGIC of photography or the SECRET of outstanding pictures - IMAGE LANGUAGES of contemporary photographers . Vier-Augen-Verlag, Lucerne 2013, ISBN 978-3-9523647-4-1 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Zurmühle: The large textbook - digital photography . Vier-Augen-Verlag, 2014. p. 409
2. ↑ Martin Zurmühle: nude photography. The big photo school . Galileo Verlag, 2011. p. 371
3. ↑ Martin Zurmühle: The shooting book nude photography . Galileo Verlag, 2012. p. 391
4. ↑ Martin Zurmühle: The shooting book nude photography . Galileo Verlag, 2010. p. 351
5. ↑ Münsingen, Nude Symphony 2009 ( Memento of the original dated December 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ Photo Münsingen: Werkschau nudeART.ch ( Memento of the original from December 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ^ Strasbourg, Palais des Congrès, Rendez-vous Image
8. ^ New York, Amsterdam Whitney Gallery
9. ↑ Photo Münsingen, Aktsymphonie 2014 ( Memento of the original dated December 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ Fronton, Collectif Echiquier ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
11. ↑ Constanta, Collectif Echiquier ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
12. ↑ Photo Münsingen, Nude and Water
13. ↑ Black and White Spider Awards: 2nd Winner Gallery Winner Nude - Amateur ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
14. ↑ Photo Suisse: Competition results ( Memento of the original dated December 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
15. ↑ Photography Masters Cup: 1st Annual Winners Gallery Amateur - Fine Art Winners
16. ↑ Photo Suisse: Competition results ( Memento of the original dated December 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
17. ↑ German Photo Book Prize: Winner 2011 ( Memento of the original from June 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
18. ^ Trierenberg Super Circuit: Results 2011
19. ^ 1st Portrait Circuit - Aleksinac: Results 2012
20. ↑ Beauty of Body & Face: Results 2012 ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
21. ↑ 12th Int. DVF-Digital Foto Salon: Results 2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 260 kB)  
22. ^ Trierenberg Super Circuit: Results 2012
23. ↑ 1st Int. Salon of Photography Montenegro: Results 2013 ( Memento of the original dated December 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
24. ↑ 1st Swiss International Photo Contest: Results 2013
25. ↑ 1st Swiss International Photo Contest: Results 2013
26. ^ Trierenberg Super Circuit: Results 2014
27. ↑ German Photo Book Prize: Winner 2014 ( Memento of the original from December 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
28. ^ 1st Circular Exhibition of Photography Bistrica 2014 : Results 2014
29. ↑ 1st Int. Salon of Photography - Tower Circuit: Results 2015 ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Homepage of Martin Zurmühle
• Literature by and about Martin Zurmühle in the catalog of the German National Library