Werner Bischof: Icons

The Leica Galerie Frankfurt shows in a wide-ranging retrospective not only early works by the Swiss photographer Werner Bischof, which are characterized by studies of form, light and shadow, but also later journalistic photographs, among others on behalf of the photo agency Magnum Photos.

Bischof's creative inclination and his feeling for atmospheric scenes enable him to establish himself in the field of documentary photography in addition to object photography and also to give it a poetic aspect. #

He created icons such as the famous picture of the Shinto priests in the snow-covered courtyard of the Meiji Temple, the Peruvian flute player and the lurking press photographers in Korea. The stylistic blending of artistic elements embedded in the classic reportage make his works to guide the way in photography.