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Hans Danuser

    January 1, 1953 – August 30, 2024

    Hans Danuser is a pioneer of contemporary Swiss photography, gaining international renown with his 1989 "IN VIVO" cycle. His conceptual approach, famously demonstrated by laying large-format photographic tableaus on the floor for his "EROSION" exhibition, has been featured in major international shows and biennales. Danuser's work delves into the often-taboo areas that shape industrial society, exploring themes that influence societal development. His large-format pieces continue to engage with these critical subjects, presented through exhibitions and installations.

    Blumen für Andrea
    Hans Danuser - der Fujiyama von Davos
    Arosa und das Schanfigg
    Hans Danuser, the counting out rhymes project
    Hans Danuser - Darkrooms of photography
    Zumthor sehen
    • 2018

      Hans Danuser - Darkrooms of photography

      • 224 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      This book presents an overview of the work of Swiss photographer Hans Danuser over the last 35 years and places it in wider artistic and social contexts. At the end of the 1970s Danuser substantially contributed to the "reinvention" of photography as an artistic medium and shaped its development through the myriad possibilities of the analogue darkroom. In 1980 Danuser began his breakthrough cycle "IN VIVO," whose 93 black-and-white photos address taboos then prevailing in the research and power centers of industrial society in Europe and the USA prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the break-up of power blocs and the rise of globalization. Topics that influence and transform society have been the focus of Danuser's subsequent large-format, and often site-specific installation works. With an emphasis on content and media-specific research, Danuser's photos furthermore examine light in all its subtle nuances--from black to white, its deep shadows and transitional gray areas.

      Hans Danuser - Darkrooms of photography
    • 2009

      Auch Bilder schreiben Geschichte: Mit seinem radikal subjektiven Blick auf Bauten des Schweizer Architekten Peter Zumthor setzte der Künstler Hans Danuser in den 1980er- und 1990er-Jahren einen Markstein in der Geschichte der Architekturfotografie. Seine Aufnahmen veränderten das fotografische Genre und die Art und Weise, über Architektur und Fotografie nachzudenken. Dieses Buch versammelt Bilder zur Kapelle Sogn Benedetg, zu den Schutzbauten über den römischen Funden in Chur und zur Therme Vals. Es führt die intensive Debatte fort, die die Fotografien vor zwanzig Jahren auslösten. Ein ausführliches Gespräch zwischen Hans Danuser und Hochparterre-Chefredakteur Köbi Gantenbein lotet die Umstände der Zusammenarbeit mit Peter Zumthor aus und fragt, wie sich die Architekturfotografie seither entwickelt hat. Der Kunst- und Architekturhistoriker Philip Ursprung setzt sich in einem detaillierten Essay mit Zumthors Architektur und der fotografischen Repräsentation von Architektur auseinander.

      Zumthor sehen
    • 2008