Artists information

The conception of beauty as the «radiance of truth, splendor veritatis» is the starting point of Daniela Bretschers photography. Irrespective of the complexity of the subject matter, she endeavours always to intensify the compositional aspects of colour in her creations and to dissolve the caracter of the entity of the subject. In her works she seeks out the moments of beauty in everyday life, and the dream-like aspects of the world that surrounds us.

Her interest is in the possibilities offered by the camera itself for creating a sense of estrangement from the image. She works with a Rollei 35 that she has had since she was 12, and with several digital cameras. The images she creates are either double exposed, or photos that are defamiliarised through movement. They are not cut or retouched. The focus is on the moment of exposure, and the inviolability of the image created in that moment.

Daniela Bretscher was born in Switzerland in 1966. She is a photographer and art historian. She studied art history and in cultural science at Humboldt University Berlin. She lives and workes in Zürich and Berlin.