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Distro - WERNER BISCHOF 1954-2004 a Retrospective 

Werner Bischof Estate 

Swiss born Werner Bischof (1916-1954) started his career as a painter before moving on to photography. At first he specialized in and perfected a graphic, subtle use of light and shade on inanimate objects, but eventually became compelled to bear witness to the human suffering of post- world war Europe. In 1949, he joined the Magnum Photos group, two years after its founding by Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson. He died in a car accident in the Peruvian Andes on May 16th 1954 at the age of 38.Bischof was one of the outstanding photographers of the immediate post-war period. In terms of quality... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1950

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

Werner Bischof Estate 1954

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

Werner Bischof Estate 1941

SWITZERLAND. Oak tree. 1941. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1941

SWITZERLAND. Zurich. Snail shell. 1941. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1941

SWITZERLAND. Zurich. Onion. 1941. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1941

SWITZERLAND. Zurich. Fashion shot. A model wearing orchids. 1941.... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1941

SWITZERLAND. Zurich. Virginia creeper. 1941. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1941

SWITZERLAND. Zurich. "Happy elephant". 1941. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1941

SWITZERLAND. Soldiers of the Mountain brigade. 1941. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1945

SWITZERLAND. Tessin region. An Italian child in a center for... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1945

GERMANY. Lindau, a bus of school children. 1946.

Werner Bischof Estate 1945

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

Werner Bischof Estate 1945

SWITZERLAND. Zurich. Schauspielhaus theater. German actress Maria... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1945

GERMANY. Freiburg im Breisgau, a destroyed telephone cabin among... 

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 1945

GERMANY. Mainz. Children playing in the street ruins. 1945. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1945

GERMANY. Region of Baden-Württemberg. Town of Friedrichshafen.... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1945

FRANCE. 1945. Seine Maritime department. City of Rouen. Unemployed... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1945

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

Werner Bischof Estate 1945

NETHERLANDS. Town of Walcheren. Boy pretending to be a soldier.... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1945

Berlin, enjoying the spring sunshine.1945 

Werner Bischof Estate 1946

GERMANY. Berlin. Entrance to the ENSA, a theater for the troops.... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1946

GERMANY. Berlin. Tiergarten park. Man cutting down trees to be... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1946

GREECE. Epirus region. Village of Ziros. Construction workers... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1946

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

Werner Bischof Estate 1946

ITALY. Region of Liguria. Genoa. 1946. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1946

ITALY. Naples. 1946. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1946

GERMANY. Berlin. 1st of May. 1946. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1946

Berlin.1946 

Werner Bischof Estate 1946

GERMANY. Berlin. 1946. Displaced people waiting for transport.... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1946

GERMANY. Berlin. Tiergarten. Collecting firewood. In the background:... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1946

GERMANY. Berlin. A blind newsvendor on a street corner. During... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1946

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

Werner Bischof Estate 1947

HUNGARY. Near Debrecen. 1947. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1947

HUNGARY. Near the town of Debrecen. 1947. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1947

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

Werner Bischof Estate 1948

FINLAND. Village of Naarva. 1948. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1948

FINLAND. Rounding up reindeers. 1948. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1950

GB. ENGLAND. London. The Thames river. View from Westminster... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1950

GB. ENGLAND. London. Whispering wall. 1950. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

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

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. 1951. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Town of Kyoto. Goro SUMA, law student. 1951. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Town of Hiroshima. Memorial for the victims of the atomic... 

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. Town of Tokyo. Rice field covered with lotus plants during... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Tokyo. Artificial flowers, which unfold when put in water.... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Tokyo. 1951. Striptease club.

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Tokyo. Ginza district. 20 year old Michiko JINUMA (center),... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

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

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Tokyo. Meiji Temple. Shinto priests. 1951. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Kyoto. 1951. Buddhist pilgrims at Kyomizu temple. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Town of Tokyo. 1951. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

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

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Kyoto. Silk drying. 1951. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

INDIA. Bombay. The Bharat Natyam dancer Anjali HORA getting ready... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

INDIA. State of Bihar. Town of Patna. Famine stricken area. Due... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

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