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Peter
Gasser (links to his images book)
Swiss, born 1947
To the acknowledged Swiss masters of Photography of the last forty years -
Hans Finsler, Gotthard Schuh, Werner Bischof, Paul Senn, Jakob Tuggener, Robert
Frank and others - we may add an other name: Peter Gasser.
A love for Swiss precision work is Gasser`s bond with his famous country-men.
His predilection for landscape photography made him turn to the great American
masters for inspiration - to Ansel Adams, Brett Weston and Paul Caponigro. Like
them he is a superb craftsman. The sheer beauty of his prints impresses one
first and foremost. An artist`s talent is evidenced by his creative power.
Gasser`s studies of nature are an intimate reflection of the visible world. Yet
by eliminating accidental and isolating important features he sublimates nature
thereby achieving a harmonious unity. The Californian oakwood in evening mist
and the wintery marsh landscape in the high mountains of Oregon are dream
landscapes of extraordinary subtlety and brilliance in which Gasser pulls the
full register of the tonal scale becoming a mystic interpreter of nature like
Mendelsohn and Borodin. Understandably he feels a strong relationship between
photography and music.
Peter Gasser who has been exhibiting his work regularly in European and United
States galleries, is the recipient of a number of awards including the official
recognition from the Swiss Confederation for his work. His artwork is in many
public collection such as Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Bibliothèque
Nationale, Paris; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Museum of Fin Arts, Montreal,
Art institute of Chicago, International Museum of Photography, Rochester; Center
for Creative Photography, Arizona and others.
He has also published numerous books about his photography.
(This text is an extract from the Introduction written by Prof.
Helmut Gernsheim founder of the famous Gernsheim Collection and Author of
the Bestseller "History of Photography" and who also collected African
Art).
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