WERNER BISCHOF: UNSEEN COLOR Lena Gedin

Lena Gedin

close up photographs of people

published to accompany Alec Soth’s touring exhibition which opened in London in 2015

not turning the project into the classic media story about the war

WERNER BISCHOF: UNSEEN COLOR Lena GedinSwiss photographer Werner Bischof (191654) is best known for his impressive black and white images, most of which were taken on expeditions as a reporter in postwar Europe and during the Indochina War (194654), and on his travels in the Far East and South America. Far too little known are Bischofs early color photographs, comprising studio work in fashion and advertising photography as well as reportage from war damaged European cities. For these,