Ursula Markus

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Ursula Markus (born July 21, 1941 in Bogotá , Colombia) is a Swiss photographer .

biography

Ursula Markus is the oldest daughter of the Swiss geologist Augusto Gansser . She grew up in Trinidad, Iran and Switzerland, studied after graduating from high school from 1961 to 1962 at the University of Zurich and trained as a photographer at the advertising agency Advico from 1962 to 1963. The mother of two daughters works as a freelance photo reporter for numerous magazines and newspapers.

Books (selection)

  • Bhutan, land of lost treasures. Texts: Augusto Gansser, Christine Blanche Olschak. Hallwag, Bern / Stuttgart 1969.
  • Australia. Texts: Rennie Ellis, Gerold Maurer. Zurich 1987.
  • Bhutan. Texts: Augusto Gansser, Robert Schnieper, Christine Blanche Olschak. Atlantis, Freiburg i. Br. 1983.
  • Zurich tones, in the Middle Kingdom. Text: Felix Müller. A. Schöb, Zurich 1983.
  • Play and move creatively. Rosmarie Metzenthin. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1983.
  • Affectionate parents. Text: Marcella Barth. Pro Juventute, Zurich 1984.
  • When the drum bear dances. Texts: Dorothée Kreusch-Jacob et al. Maier, Ravensburg 1986.
  • Among children .... Texts: Marcella Barth, Lucie Hillenberg. Pro Juventute, Zurich 1987.
  • I play the cello. Johannes Degen, Hug, Zurich 1987.
  • Rapunzel, where can I find you? Text: Angelika Reutter. Daimon, Einsiedeln 1987.
  • Love wants to sing. Texts: Esther Erkel, Otto Gillen, Balthasar Staehelin. Christiana, Stein am Rhein 1988.
  • Jeux dramatiques with children. Text: Heidi Frei. Zytglogge, Gümligen 1990.
  • Everything about children's body language. Text: Marcella Barth. Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 1996.
  • The first year of life. Texts: Ursula Tappolet, Lydia Scheier. Pro Juventute, Zurich 1996.
  • What you wanted to say to your child about love and sex for a long time. Texts: Willy Canziani, Dorothea Meili-Lehner. Pro Juventute, Zurich 1997.
  • The parent book. Willy Canziani, Christian Urech. Pro Juventute, Zurich 2001.
  • Carefully accompany. Text: Eva Witschi. Swiss Red Cross, Bern 2001.
  • In motion from head to toe. Texts: Renate Lauber, Regula Freiburghaus. Pro Juventute, Zurich 2002.
  • Tomorrow everything will be different, living with Alzheimer's. Text: Paula Lanfranconi. Schwabe Verlag, Basel 2002, ISBN 3-7965-1941-5
  • Langstrasse man. here + now, Baden 2004.
  • Nice prospects. Paula Lanfranconi. Schwabe, Basel 2007.
  • Augusto Gansser. From the life of a world explorer. Ursula Markus-Gansser (ed.). AS Verlag, Zurich 2008.
  • My way. Text: Reiner Anselm. TVZ. Zurich 2008.
  • Yes and? Tell people with disabilities. Text: Paula Lanfranconi. Helden, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-905748-06-2 .
  • Playful. Text: Peter Jesse. Reformed Media, Zurich 2011.
  • Through thick and thin. Text: Paula Lanfranconi. Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-905748-10-9 .
  • The gender of the soul, trans people tell. Text: Tanja Polli. Elster Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-906065-15-1 .
  • Home in the saucepan. Recipes from refugees from all over the world. Text: Séverine Vitali. Rotpunktverlag, 3rd edition 2016, ISBN 978-3-85869-671-7 .

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions

  • 1961: Zurich, Galerie Form, children .
  • 1967: Zurich, Galerie Form, Six Day War .
  • 1982: Winterthur, Galerie Form, The Tonhalle in China .
  • 1984: Küsnacht, Hochhus, Küsnacht seminar .
  • 1988: Zurich, Tonhalle, The Tonhalle in South America .
  • 1991: Lugano, Biblioteca Cantonale, Moscow-Ticino cultural exchange .
  • 2003: Winterthur, Coalmine Photo Gallery, Perspectives for Children in Poverty .

Group exhibitions

  • 2003: Rome, Istituto Svizzero, Il lungo addio - The long farewell. (Traveling exhibition).
  • 2004: Bern, Käfigturm, La Suisse plurielle .
  • 2004: Chiasso / Ligornetto / Como, Biennale del'immagine, Il mondo in camera .

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marc Herren: Ursula Markus biography in the online work on historical photography in Switzerland, fotoCH, October 15, 2017, accessed on February 23, 2018.
  2. ↑ Ekk: Encounters on Zürcher Langstrasse In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, April 8, 2004, accessed on February 23, 2018.
  3. ↑ Denise Marquard: The woman who gives the refugees a face. In: Tages-Anzeiger, June 3, 2015, accessed on February 23, 2018.
  4. ↑ Baden City Library: Home in a Cooking Pot - Séverine Vitali In: Effinger Medien, December 28, 2017, accessed on February 23, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Markus, Ursula
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss photographer
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Bogotá , Colombia