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Archive - May 16, 2024 : 70 Years since Werner Bischof’s death 

Werner Bischof Estate 

On 16 May 1954, Werner Bischof was travelling in the Andes (Peru) when his car crashed off a cliff on a mountain road. The three passengers were killed. His passing came just a few days before Robert Capa’s death, one of the founders of Magnum, who died on 25 May in Indochina.

Werner Bischof was born in Switzerland in 1916. He studied photography with Hans Finsler in his native Zurich at the School for Arts and Crafts, then opened a photography and advertising studio. In 1942, he became a freelancer for Du magazine, which published his first major photo essays in 1943. Bischof received international... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1940

SWITZERLAND. Zurich. 1940. Self-portrait of Werner BISCHOF in... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1950

FRANCE. Paris. 1950. Werner BISCHOF photographed by Ernst Haas.... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1952

JAPAN. Tokyo. 1952. The photographer Werner BISCHOF drawing. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1952

JAPAN. 1951. Photographer Werner BISCHOF.
Photo by Rossellina... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

INDIA. 1951. Werner BISCHOF photographed by Bernard Moosbrugger.... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1940

SWITZERLAND. Zurich. 1940. Self portrait of Swiss photographer... 

Erich Hartmann 1953

USA. New York City. 1953. Swiss photographer Werner BISCHOF on... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1954

UNITED STATES. Houston. 1954. Self portrait, Swiss photographer... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1954

PERU. Photographer Werner BISCHOF in Valle Sagrado, on his way... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1936

SWITZERLAND. Zurich. "Floating snails". 1936. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1940

SWITZERLAND. Zürich. 1940.
Mirrored shell. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1939

SWITZERLAND. Zurich. 1939. Model with rose.

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Werner Bischof Estate 1942

SWITZERLAND. Zurich. 1942. Nude.

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Werner Bischof Estate 1941

SWITZERLAND. Zurich. "Zebra woman". 1942. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1944

SWITZERLAND. Zurich. The Mimi Scheiblauer school for deaf/mute... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1945

GERMANY. Region of Baden-Württemberg. Town of Freiburg im Breisgau.... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1945

GERMANY. Town of Friedrichshafen. Children playing inside a destroyed... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1946

GERMANY. Cologne.The interior of the bomb shattered Cathedral... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1946

ITALY. Latium region. Village of Montecassino. Montecassino was... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1946

GERMANY. Berlin. 1946. The Reichstag building.

Werner Bischof Estate 1945

NETHERLANDS. Town of Roermond. 1945. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1947

HUNGARY. Hajduhadhaza. Orphanage for children rendered parentless... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1947

HUNGARY. Budapest. A Red Cross train of children, going to Switzerland.... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1950

SCOTLAND. Town of Edinburgh. 1950. Penguins from the zoo taking... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Tokyo. Courtyard of the Meiji shrine. 1951. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. 1951. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Hiroshima. Children waiting for the arrival of Emperor... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Tokyo. Official visit of Emperor HIROHITO and the Empress.... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Hiroshima. Crowds greeting the Emperor HIROHITO. 1951.... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Town of Kyoto. Kiyomizu temple. 1951. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Hiroshima. 1951. A victim of the Hiroshima atomic explosion.... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Kyoto. Temple of Ryoanji. A priest rests. 1951. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Tokyo. 1951. Striptease club.

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Lotus flowers, symbols of purity. They are the plants... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

INDIA. Bombay. 1951. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

INDIA. State of Bihar. Famine stricken area. Due to flooding... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

INDIA. State of Bihar. April 1951. Children in a famine stricken... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Kyoto. Silk drying. 1951. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Okinawa. American soldiers resting. 1951. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1952

HONG KONG. 1952. Harbour of Kowloon. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1952

INDIA. 1952. The Kathakali dance school.

Werner Bischof Estate 1952

CAMBODIA. Farmer shading himself as he looks after his grazing... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1952

INDOCHINA. 1952. Barau, a Meo (or Hmong) village. Cham women... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1952

HONG-KONG. 1952. Chinese Refugees waiting for food tickets. After... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1952

SOUTH KOREA. Island of Koje Do. A camp for North Korean prisoners... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1952

SOUTH KOREA. Kaesong. 1952. International Press photographers... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1952

INDOCHINA. The RAFALE, an escorted armored train that made regular... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1952

INDIA. State of Rajasthan. Town of Jaipur. The Observatory. Designed... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1953

USA. State of Missouri. Town of St. Louis. 1953. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1953

USA. New York City. US architect Frank L. Wright (FLW) at his... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1953

GREAT BRITAIN. Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Day. June 2nd,... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1953

USA. Southern part of the country. 1954. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1953

USA. New York City. 1953. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1954

PERU. Cuzco. 1954. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1954

PERU. May 1954. On the road to Cuzco, near Pisac, in the Valle... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1954

PERU. Village of Pisac. Mass celebrated during the Holy Week.... 
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