The photographer Didier Ruef presents his book Homo Helveticus inside Swissminiatur (Melide) for the RSI La 1 – Quotidiano Turné, Swiss Italian Television, on March 4th, 2019
An interview by Monica Bonetti on Laser (RSI Rete Due) on January 15th, 2019 about my new book Homo Helveticus.
La mia Svizzera riscoperta
Ginevrino di nascita e ticinese d’adozione Didier Ruef è un fotografo di reportage che nell’immagine cerca soprattutto la storia che vi sta dietro. Ne è l’ennesima conferma anche il suo ultimo libro “Homo Helveticus” uscito a dicembre presso l’editore bernese Till Schaap Edition. Didier Ruef vi ha raccolto 170 immagini in bianco e nero catturate nei quattro angoli della Svizzera nell’arco di trent’anni. Molti di quegli scatti sono stati realizzati durante feste tradizionali e quella che ne emerge è una Svizzera di cui risaltano tutte le diversità culturali e le contraddizioni ma anche la tensione verso il cambiamento e la modernità.Il libro diventa allora un altro dei tanti viaggi di Didier Ruef, questa volta alla ricerca della sua identità. Un viaggio e una ricerca che non sono privi di uno sguardo acutamente ironico e che il fotografo ci racconta in questo “Laser”.
Didier Ruef est né en 1961 à Genève. Photographe indépendant, il offre son regard sur les êtres humains, leur environnement et les problèmes écologiques créés par l’homme. Aujourd’hui il nous présente son dernier ouvrage, “Homo Helveticus” (Till Schaap Edition).
30 ans de photos prises en Suisse. Le photographe Didier Ruef nous présente son regard parfois inédit sur ce pays, 170 images noir-blanc sur la Suisse, notre pays et ses traditions, ses contradictions, ses plaines et ses villes, ses hommes ses femmes.
An interview by Pierre Philippe Cadert on Radio RTS La1ère on December 19th, 2018 about my new book Homo Helveticus.
L’invité : Didier Ruef, “Homo Helveticus”
Le photographe Didier Ruef travaille sur la Suisse depuis plus de 30 ans. Son nouveau livre “Homo Helveticus” (Till Schaap Edition) contient une sélection de 170 photographies sur la Suisse et sur celles et ceux qui la peuplent. Il a vécu dans toutes ses régions culturelles et a beaucoup voyagé. Ces photos portent un regard à la fois personnel et documentaire sur ce pays qui est le sien. Didier Ruef est lʹinvité de Pierre Philippe Cadert.
My book Homo Helveticus was printed on the 17th and 18th of October 2018 by EBS (Editoriale Bortolazzi Stei) in Italy. The cover pages are laid to dry. The book is arriving by truck in a few days in Switzerland. I will keep you updated.
The book Homo Helveticus will be launched on the 15th of November 2018 by Till Schaap Edition with a foreword written by Thomas Maissen in german, french and english languages.
168 trichromatic B&W photographs.
29,5 x 32 cm, 208 pages,
CHF 59.–/ Euro 55.–
ISBN 978-3-03878-025-0
My book Homo Helveticus was printed on the 17th and 18th of October 2018 by EBS (Editoriale Bortolazzi Stei) in Italy. Book cover on print.
The book Homo Helveticus will be launched on the 15th of November 2018 by Till Schaap Edition with a foreword written by Thomas Maissen in german, french and english languages.
168 trichromatic B&W photographs.
29,5 x 32 cm, 208 pages,
CHF 59.–/ Euro 55.–
ISBN 978-3-03878-025-0
My book Homo Helveticus was printed on the 17th and 18th of October 2018 by EBS (Editoriale Bortolazzi Stei) in Italy.
The book Homo Helveticus will be launched on the 15th of November 2018 by Till Schaap Edition with a foreword written by Thomas Maissen in german, french and english languages.
168 trichromatic B&W photographs.
29,5 x 32 cm, 208 pages,
CHF 59.–/ Euro 55.–
ISBN 978-3-03878-025-0
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