The northern and southern Sudanese are separated by religion and culture. The Northerners see themeselves as Arab and Muslim. The tall black Nilotic peoples of the south are Christian and animist. The more fundamental Muslims feel a missionary zeal to bring the south and the whole of Sudan under Islamic Read more…
And these images, snatched by Michael von Graffenried without having been aimed, for to raise a camera to one’s eye is to put one’s life in danger, testify to a truth that no one is showing, that of daily fear and furor that you won’t see on the six o’clock Read more…
Graffenried risked his life to take photographs of the hidden conflict. In this film, he goes back to find the people whose pictures he « stole ». The videocamera witnesses these strange reunions and tries to capture moments of truth from those people who have everything to lose in delivering Read more…
„Wo, so frage ich mich, wenn ich all diese Fotos sehe, wo ist er eigentlich nicht gewesen der Herr der Bilder oder vielmehr ihr Diener?“ Franz Hohler, october 1998 – in the book Weltpanorama „Eine sommerliche Spritzfahrt am Genfersee, eine Hochzeit in Alexandria, Frauenfussball in Algier, Guy-Parade in Paris, eine Read more…
SwisspanoramaText / texte Michael von Graffenrieddeutsch / français, 52 Seiten / 52 pages26 doppelseitige Fotos / 26 photos en double pageduplex / duplex en noir et blanc32 x 24 cm2002, Eigenverlag, mvgphoto „Ou alors admettre que nous ne sommes plus qu’un grand parc d’attractions, un musée de plein air, un Read more…
Michael von GraffenriedRat Catcher, Bern Switzerland, 1984, gelatin silver print, 30 x 40 cm, Édition : 1/nl
« joueuse de badminton », Thielle (tirage argentique au format 288 x 122 cm) The first hour without clothes was difficult but I soon began to feel confident. The site was surrounded by a high wall – taking photographs was forbidden – and it was only after much talking that Read more…