Romano Riedo

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Romano Riedo

Romano P. Riedo (* 1957 in Freiburg im Üechtland ) is a Swiss photographer specializing in reportage.

Life

Riedo was born in Friborg in 1957 and grew up in Düdingen ( Canton Friborg ). He passed the federal Matura type B in 1977 at the grammar school in Freiburg ( Kollegium St. Michael ).

In his early years he was interested in literature, philosophy and psychology. In his youth he worked as a chestnut seller, henchman, surveyor assistant, auxiliary painter, horse-drawn carriage driver, post office worker, salesman and alpine master.

He works as a freelance photographer and journalist for Transhelvetica , Berner Zeitung, Der Sonntag, NZZ am Sonntag, L'Hébdo, L'Illustré, Le Temps, radio magazine, anthos, Freiburger Nachrichten, La Liberté, Swiss family, observer, Schweizer Illustrierte, Annabelle, Plea, 4 to 8, Rheinischer Merkur, Licorne Verlag, Der Bund, Basler Zeitung, Bridge Builders, Cooperation, Le Nouveau Quotidien, Review Switzerland, Via Magazin SBB, Swiss Week, Newland, fashion sheet.

The photographic work

The focus of his work is on people and their environment in the area of ​​tension between tradition and globalization. Committed to reportage photography, he prefers to work with wide-angle lenses to show people around them. He approaches them carefully. His pictures show sympathy and empathy - and yet are full of fine irony.

Charles-Henri Favrod ( Musée de l'Elysée ), founder and long-time director of the Museum of Photography in Lausanne writes: "Every single image conveys emotions, focuses the gaze, interprets and deduces. Photography goes much further than mere anecdotes. It provides information and permanent traces. It supports memories, records time and light. And despite its precision, it awakens dreams and stimulates the imagination. " (In "Alpzeit", 1996).

In addition to commissions for the press and advertising, he realizes large reports, designs illustrated books and exhibitions in museums and galleries.

He has an autodidactic training as a photographer. The first publications came out in 1985, and since 1986 he has been working as a freelance journalist and photographer for Swiss media and also works as a text journalist.

In 1994 he published his first black and white illustrated book ( Eisträume ). The bilingual work is a report about the Freiburg ice hockey club and its audience at the time of Vyacheslav Bykov and Andrei Khomutov .

The work Alpzeit was shown in numerous museum exhibitions, was awarded the SAB Prize for cultural workers and supported by Pro Helvetia. In it, the photographer deals in detail with alpine farming and everyday mountain farming in Switzerland.

In 2004 he published Allergattig Lütt on behalf of and in collaboration with the Deutschfreiburger Heimatkundeverein . In this book project he portrayed facets of everyday life in the German-speaking part of the canton of Friborg.

For several years he photographed in Gruyères for the reportage project La Gruyère - Arrêt sur images . The region is experiencing an economic boom, and Riedo exemplifies the development of a society between tradition and modernity.

His long-term project "Hinterland, 1993 - 2013" about the living environment of mountain farmers in Switzerland was awarded the Swiss Press Photo Prize in the reporting category in 2014.

In addition to the focus on black and white reports, FineArt photography, including the Polaroid SX-70 film.

He received support from Pro Helvetia, Migros Culture Percentage, the Cultural Department of the Canton of Friborg, Bank Raiffeisen, Polaroid Switzerland, Ilford SA and the cultural department of the city of Bern.

His works are represented in the cantonal collection of the Friborg Art Museum, Switzerland and in the art collection of the Aarau Cantonal Hospital.

His picture archive is made accessible on the Internet and shows several thousand photographs with the picture archive of Switzerland and Romandy.

  • Cover picture of the photo book Ice Dreams - Rêve de glace

  • Exhibition poster "Alpine Summer"

  • Cover picture of the photo book Alpzeit

  • Cover picture of the illustrated book Allergattig Lütt

  • Exhibition poster Bollywood in Gruyères

  • Photo exhibition with pictures of the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Freiburg

  • moment

  • Polaroid photography by Romano Riedo

  • Poster photo exhibition Museum Gutenberg

Exhibitions

Museum exhibitions

  • Sensler Museum Tafers, Gottéron & Co., 1995
  • Art Museum Olten 1996 ("Alpine Summer")
  • Museum Ballenberg, Brienz 1998 ("Alpzeit")
  • Musée Gruérien, L'été à l'alpage (1996)
  • Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire, Friborg, 2004 ("Gens d'ici -Allergattig Lütt")
  • Musée Charmey, "La Gruyère- Arrêt sur images", 2011–2012
  • Museum Gutenberg Freiburg - SIGNES | CHARACTERS, 2013
  • Gruyeres Castle. Alpland, 2016
  • Au Café - Meeting Point Wirtshaus, 80 photographs on the topic of Wirtshaus, Museum of Art and History, Freiburg 2018

Solo exhibitions

  • Contre la Montre, blueFACTORY Friborg, Freiburg 2018
  • LivrEchange - the other library, 2017/18
  • Cyclope Photo, "Live Album", 2016
  • Gruyères Castle, "Alpland", 2016
  • Forme + Confort Friborg, 2016
  • Nuithonie Théâtre, "Behind the Scenes | L'envers du décor", Friborg, 2015
  • La Spirale, Music is My Life, 2014
  • Villa Jauss, Oberstdorf (Germany), June 2014
  • Galerie Le Tunnel, Gens d'ici - Lütt vo hie ", April 2014
  • Le Vide-Poches, Marsens, March 2014
  • Passage Expo HFR, Gruyère global - Agglo Gruyères (2012)
  • Galerie Le Tunnel (MONUMENTALE; la cathédrale St. Nicolas de Friborg) 2011
  • PAH Project, Friborg: eyes | Blick, Sept. 2011
  • Museum St. Antönien - Hotel Rhätia
  • 9a at Stauffacherplatz, Bern, May 2010
  • Gallery - Atelier Friborg Nord, 2008 ("Petits Riens");
  • Gallery Restaurant Hotel de Ville, Friborg, 2007/2009
  • SRG SSR idee suisse, media center, Bern ("Allergattig Lütt")
  • ONO Gallery, Kramgasse 6. Bern, 2007
  • GalerieFri, Friborg 2006 ("Color Work 2")
  • Galerie Atelier 17, Freiburg 2006 ("Color Work, Part 1")
  • Überstorf Castle 2005
  • Collège du Sud, Bulle 2005
  • Primary school, Jaun 2005
  • Applico Foundation, Schmitten 2005
  • OS Kerzers 2005;
  • Museum Murten, 2005
  • Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire, Friborg, 2004 ("Gens d'ici -Allergattig Lütt")
  • Galerie Gulliver, Freiburg 2003 ("Instants d'Asie")
  • La Spirale, "Make a Jazz Noise Here", 2002
  • Galerie Post, Bezau 1996 («Alpine Summer»)
  • Kunstverein Oberwallis, Galerie zur Matze, Stockalpaer, Brig 1996
  • Bern Photo Gallery, Bern 1996 ("Polaroïd Work")
  • Musée d'art, Olten 1996 ("Alpine Summer")
  • Ilford Gallery, Freiburg 1994 ("Mir Senne heis luschtig")
  • Galerie La Spirale, Freiburg 1987 ("Autrement")

Collective exhibitions

  • Cantonal and University Library, Friborg 1995
  • Musée du Pays et du Val, Charmey 2005
  • Species position Payerne 2008/2009
  • Kraevedtcheski Museum, Novosibirsk
  • Sensler Museum, Tafers, Humor
  • Musée de Charmey, Tout en vache, 2014
  • Swiss Press Photo, National Museum Zurich , 2014, Chateau Prangins 2014–15
  • Libro Libero, Center Culturel de l 'Ancienne Gare, Freiburg 2015
  • 2m2, 22 Freiburg photographers, Museum Murten, 2018

Curatorial work - exhibition design

  • Museum Gutenberg Freiburg - SIGNES | CHARACTERS, 2013
  • Collection éphémère, Galerie Center Culturel Le Vide-Poches, Marsens (Canton of Friborg) 2018

Publications

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://fotopunkt.photoshelter.com/gallery/Alpzeit/G0000Lh3xd79z18g/
  2. ↑ http://www.fotopunkt.ch/portfolio/G0000pccIS4bn1DE
  3. ↑ http://www.fotopunkt.ch/portfolio/G0000ZWHWCkd0q1A
  4. ↑ http://www.musee-charmey.ch/musee/expositions/romano-riedo.php
  5. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated August 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / museum.nsk.ru
personal data
SURNAME Riedo, Romano
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Riedo, Romano P.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg