LOOKING FOR IDENTITY – Igor Ponti

CHF45.00

Testo di Pietro Bellasi, Giovanna Calvenzi
italiano – inglese
136 pagine 59 immagini colore
28,80 x 24,70 cm
ed. Hatje Cantz, Berlino – 2014
cartonato
ISBN 978-3-7757-3925-2
EUR  40.-

The Swiss cross comes to mind, the Swiss army knife, the Alps, cheese of course, or perhaps fine chocolate: but just what is typically Swiss? What characterizes the country and its people, and connects the various regions despite their different languages? These questions led Swiss photographer Igor Ponti (*1981), who focuses on traditional and emerging identities, on a cross-canton journey—with the odd detour. He discovers expressive visual Helvetisisms and, in part in a mocking or affectionate way, points out distinctions between the cantons that nevertheless connect them in terms of culture and territory: freeways cut through picturesque landscapes, a massively carved William Tell stands by the wayside, wurst stands sell cervelat or fried sausage, a charming, old wooden house causes one to feel nostalgic, garden gnomes wear red and white, concrete antitank barriers protect the endangered idyll.

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