Werner Bischof (April 26, 1916 - May 16, 1954) was a Swiss photographer and photojournalist. April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... This is a list of notable photographers in the art, documentary and fashion traditions. ... Sports photojournalists at Indianapolis Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism (i. ...

Bischof was born in Zürich. When he was six years old, the family moved to Waldshut, Germany, where he subsequently went to school. In 1932, having abandoned studies to become a teacher, he enrolled at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zürich, where he graduated cum laude in 1936. From 1939 on, he worked as an independent photographer for various magazines, in particular the renowned magazine du based in Zürich. His works on the devastation in post-war Europe (he travelled extensively from 1945 to 1949 through nearly all European countries from France to Romania and from Norway to Greece) established him as one of the foremost photojournalists of his time. In 1949, he joined Magnum Photos, which at the time was composed of just five other photographers: Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger, David Seymour, and Ernst Haas. Zürich IPA (in English often Zurich, which is also the standard French form of the name) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 364,558 in 2002; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ... Waldshut is a district (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Magnum Photos is a world-renowned photographic agency, with offices located in New York, Paris, London and Tokyo. ... Robert Capa Robert Capa (1913 - May 25, 1954) born Ernest Andrei Friedmann in Budapest. ... An example of one of his photographs. ... George Rodger (1908-1995) was a British photographer noted for his work in Africa. ... Chim (pronounced shim) was the pseudonym of David Seymour (November 20, 1911 - November 10, 1956), an American photographer and photojournalist. ... Ernst Haas was born March 2, 1921 in Vienna, Austria and died September 12, 1986 in New York City. ...

In 1951, he went to India, working for the magazine Life, and then to Japan and Korea, before he went for the magazine Paris Match as a war reporter to Vietnam. In 1954, he travelled through Mexico and Panama, before flying to Peru, where he embarked on a trip through the Andes to the Amazonas on May 14. On May 16, his car precipitated off a cliff on a mountain road in the Andes, and all three passengers were killed. 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Life has been the name of two notable magazines published in the United States. ... Korea (occasionally spelled Corea) is a formerly unified country, situated on the Korean Peninsula in northern East Asia, bordering on China to the west and Russia to the north. ... Paris Match is a french magazine. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Note that the geology in this article currently reflects views from the first decade of the 20th century. ... Amazonas is the name of five subnational entities in various South American nations. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ...

External link

• Werner Bischof Estate (http://www.wernerbischof.com/main.html)

Literature

• Bischof, M.; Magnaguagno, G.; Loetscher, H.: Werner Bischof, Bullfinch 1992; ISBN 0-821-218174-8.
• Cookman, C.: Werner Bischof, Phaidon Press 2001; ISBN 0-714-84041-6.
• Mafai, M.; Bischof, W.: After the War, Smithsonian Books 1997; ISBN 1-560-98721-9.

• du 9/1990: "Werner Bischof: Europa 1945 - 1950"; Tages-Anzeiger AG 1990