Walter Studer

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Walter Studer (born April 22, 1918 in Adelboden ; † April 27, 1986 ) was a Swiss photographer .

Life / work

Walter Studer's father Fritz Studer was an amateur photographer and friends with the photographers Emanuel Gyger and Arnold Klopfstein from Adelboden. Walter Studer and his brother Alfred got to know the processes in the photo lab as children in the converted bathroom.

Walter Studer did his photography apprenticeship with Robert Kissling and his successor Gottfried Tschanz in Spiez from 1935 to 1937, after which he worked in various health resorts, such as B. Mürren , Villars and Rigi-Kaltbad as sports photographer. Between 1941 and 1948 he worked as a reporter for the Bern office of Photopress Zurich (today Keystone-SDA ).

In 1948 Walter Studer opened his own shop in Bern. In 1951 he merged with Fernand Rausser , Hans Keusen and Kurt Blum to form the “Groupe carré”. During this time he also portrayed various personalities such as Grace Kelly , Elizabeth Taylor , Louis Armstrong , Carl Albert Loosli , Mani Matter and Meret Oppenheim . In addition to work for the press, orders for industry and public companies were added from the 1960s. For example, he took pictures for SBB that served as poster subjects or for brochures and calendars. In 1962, Walter Studer went to Chile with the Swiss national soccer team and then toured the country. From 1974 he took photos for the SBB-Revue Schweiz-Suisse-Svizzera and the Swissair Gazette together with his son Peter Studer, who today manages his estate.

Walter Studer was married to Rose Roth (1918–2000) since 1943, with whom he had four children.

Awards

  • 1951: Mostra fotografica dello sport, primo premio assoluto (Stanfield) & primo premio automobilissima (Fangio), Rome.
  • 1962: World Press Photo , 2nd place, Holland.
  • 1966: Best "Ice and Snow SBB" poster.
  • 1972: Best poster “Waiting for train travel” SBB.
  • 1977: Diploma Europhot, Belgrade.
  • 1978: Hasselblad Award, Gothenburg.

Photo books

  • 1974: Review Switzerland. Approx. 140 issues from 1972–1986, monthly magazine, SVZ Zurich. (Walter Studer and Peter Studer).
  • 1983: Walter Studer: The Emmental in the fifties. Text E. Eggimann. Rentsch Verlag, Zurich.
  • 1983: Photographers from the Canton of Bern. Cantonal Commission for Photo and Film (ed.). Bern.
  • 1987: La Suisse dans tous les états. Portraits of the 26 cantons. Alain Pichard. 24 Heures, Lausanne. (Walter Studer and Peter Studer).
  • 1987: Notre Jura. Le pays secret des Français et des Suisses. Max Mittler (ed.). Edition 24 Heures, Lausanne. (Walter Studer and Peter Studer).
  • 1988: passes, bridges, pilgrimage trails. Max Mittler. Artemis Verlag Zurich. (Walter Studer and Peter Studer)
  • 1992: Photography in Switzerland from 1840 to today. Swiss Foundation for Photography (ed.). Benteli, Bern.
  • 1995: The Bernese Oberland and its photographers. About the glistening firn, smart tourists and perfectly formed cows. Paul Hugger, Thun.
  • 2000: Photography in the Emmental. Idyll and reality. Markus Schürpf. Art Museum Bern.
  • 2009: skateboard, cheese and bathtubs. Emmental picture stories 1952–2009. Editor.ch Bern (Walter Studer and Peter Studer)
  • 2012: Meret's spark. Meret Oppenheim , Kathleen Bühler. Kerber Verlag, Germany.
  • 2014: Rare images of an isolated world. An inventory of photography of home and contract children in Switzerland. Part 1: Reports from magazines and publications 1936–1991. Markus Schürpf. Photo office Bern.
  • 2018: Walter Studer 1918–1986. Issue 8th Kornhausforum Bern.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • 1985: Emmental 1950–1979 , Kornhaus Galerie, Bern (Walter Studer and Peter Studer).
  • 1990: Periods , Photoforum Pasquart, Biel / Bienne (Walter Studer and Peter Studer).
  • 2006: A city stands still , Erlacherhof City Archives, Bern.
  • 2014: Walter Studer - Berns Norden , Galerie 9a, Bern.
  • 2018: Walter Studer photographer 1918–1986 retrospective , Kornhausforum, Bern.
  • 2018: Walter Studer photographer 1918–1986 retrospective , Sumiswald retirement center.

Group exhibitions

  • 1985: Groupe carré , Galerie 33, Bern.
  • 1952: World Exhibition of Photography Lucerne , Kunsthaus Lucerne.
  • 1953: Post-War European Photography , Museum of Modern Art , New York.
  • 1957: Kind und Welt - Reportagen , Galerie 33, Bern.
  • 1974: Photography in Switzerland from 1840 to today (traveling exhibition), Swiss Foundation for Photography, Kunsthaus Zürich .
  • 1984: This is how professional photographers see people and work in the canton , Kornhaus , Bern.
  • 1985: Eight Bern press photographers , Orangery Elfenau , Bern.
  • 1986: Emmental , Kornhaus, Herzogenbuchsee . (Walter Studer and Peter Studer).
  • 2000: Our Sumiswald parish 40 years ago , a photo documentation by Walter Studer and Fredo Meyer-Henn, Kirchgemeindehaus, Sumiswald .
  • 2016: Village Switzerland. Sumiswald 1962/63 , photo report by Fredo Meyer-Henn and Walter Studer.
  • 2017: 20th art exhibition Trubschachen , documentation of the first exhibition from 1955, Trubschachen .

Web links

Commons : Walter Studer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ fotoCH. Retrieved April 3, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Ice and snow - SBB. Retrieved April 3, 2020 .
  3. ↑ fotoCH. Retrieved April 6, 2020 .
  4. ↑ fotoCH. Retrieved April 3, 2020 .
  5. ↑ fotoCH. Retrieved April 3, 2020 .
  6. ↑ World press photo: Photo Contest, Football World Cup in Chile, 2nd prize 1961
personal data
SURNAME Studer, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss photographer
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Adelboden
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 1986