| Names: | Born: Werner Adalbert Bischof
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| | Dates: | 1916, 26 April - 1954, 16 May | | Born: | Switzerland, Zurich | | Died: | Peru | | Active: | Global | | Gender: | Male |
Swiss photojournalist and member of Magnum.Preparing biographies
General reading
Capa, Cornell (ed.), 1968, The Concerned Photographer, (New York: Grossman Publishers in cooperation with The International Fund for Concerned Photography) [Δ]
Readings on, or by, individual photographers
Bischof, Marco; Burri, Rene & Magnaguagno, Guido, 1990, Werner Bischof: 1916-1954, His Life and Work, (WW Norton Co) isbn-10: 050009215X isbn-13: 978-0500092156 [Δ]
Bischof, Marco; Philabaum, Carl & Kuhn, Tania, 2003, Werner Bischof: Life and Work of a Photographer 1916-1954, (Digital Impresarios) isbn-10: 097435550X isbn-13: 978-0974355504 [CD-Rom edition] [Δ]
Bischof, Werner, 1961, Japan by Werner Bischof, (Bantam Books) [Δ]
Bischof, Werner, 1997, Werner Bischof: After The War, (Smithsonian) isbn-10: 1560987219 isbn-13: 978-1560987215 [Foreword by Miriam Mafai] [Δ]
Bischof, Werner, 2004, Werner Bischof: Questions to My Father, (Trolley Books) isbn-10: 1904563252 isbn-13: 978-1904563259 [Δ]
Bischof, Werner & Flueler, Niklaus, 1976, Werner Bischof: Photos and Drawings, (Amphoto) isbn-10: 0817403183 isbn-13: 978-0817403188 [Photography: Men and Movements] [Δ]
Bischof, Werner & Gasser, Manuel, 1959, The World of Werner Bischof: A Photographer's Odyssey, (Dutton) isbn-10: 1111303312 isbn-13: 978-1111303310 [Δ]
Bischof, Werner & Guillain, Robert, 1954, Japan, (Simon & Schuster) [German] [Δ]
Burri, Rene; Burri, Rosellina Bischof & Karia, Bhupendra, 1974, Werner Bischof, (Grossman / Viking) isbn-10: 0670757187 isbn-13: 978-0670757183 [ICP Library of Photographers, vol 2] [Δ]
Cookman, Claude, 2001, Werner Bischof, (Phaidon) isbn-10: 0714840416 isbn-13: 978-0714840413 [55 Series] [Δ]
Maurer, Simon; Bischof, Marco & Bischof, Werner, 2008, Werner Bischof Pictures, (Steidl) isbn-10: 3865212654 isbn-13: 978-3865212658 [Δ]
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| Wikipedia has a biography of this photographer. | Show on this site | Go to website | | Getty Research, Los Angeles, USA has an ULAN (Union List of Artists Names Online) entry for this photographer. This is useful for checking names and they frequently provide a brief biography. | | Go to website | Grove Art Online (www.groveart.com) has a biography of this artist.
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Magnum Photos
http://www.magnumphotos.com ...
Probably the world‘s most famous photo agency for photojournalists. Use this site to access the portfolios, biographies of the many notable Magnum photographers. Where there are books by the photographers the website frequently includes the photographs used.
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The following books are useful starting points to obtain brief biographies but they are not substitutes for the monographs on individual photographers. |
If there is an analysis of a single photograph or a useful self portrait I will highlight it here. |
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