The colors of Norway 1943-1963

Ernst Schwitters
9783775726573 / 3775726578
The colors of Norway 1943-1963

The colors of Norway 1943-1963

Ernst Schwitters
9783775726573 / 3775726578
Publisher Hatje Cantz 2011
Edition Hardcover , 116 pages
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Ernst Schwitters (1918-1996) began his distinguished career in photography in his teens, converting the family bathroom into a darkroom with the consent of his parents, Kurt and Helma Schwitters, at the age of 15–by which time Ernst was already experimenting with photograms, following a visit from family friend Man Ray. His father encouraged him to undergo formal training in photography, but Ernst declined, preferring to teach himself, and by 1930 he was already participating in international exhibitions, having found his preferred subject matter in the landscapes of Norway and England. Having led the Schwitters family’s migration from Nazi Germany to Norway, Ernst was to receive great acclaim there for both his landscape and architectural photography, and was also able to establish financial security through assignments for the Norwegian advertising agency SS-UNU-Foto. It is little known that Schwitters is one of color photography’s pioneers: he began working with color film in 1943, and within two decades, he had created more than 10,000 slides, many of which have been digitally restored for this handsome new volume. The only monograph on the photographer currently in print, The Colors of Norway debuts Schwitters’ vast oeuvre of color landscape photography, and also includes a fascinating account of the digital restoration process that allowed for their publication here.

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Book title The colors of Norway 1943-1963
Alternative title Die Farben Norwegens 1943-1963
Photographer Ernst Schwitters
ISBN 10 3775726578 / 3-7757-2657-8       
ISBN 13 9783775726573 / 978-3-7757-2657-3
Publisher Hatje Cantz
Publish date Jul 2011
Publish year 2011
Book format Hardcover
Language English, German
Pages 116 pages
Number of photographs 108 illustrations
Dimensions 25,2 x 24,8 cm / 9.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight 820 g
Book designer Max Baumann

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