Bruno Stettler

Freshly uncovered after two decades in storage, Bruno Stettler’s photography showcases the biggest stars of the 1970s and ’80s.

On October 1, 1977, the Clash played Switzerland for the very first time. Their 15-track set at Kaufleuten in Zürich began with “London’s Burning” and “Complete Control” — and somewhere in the audience, 16-year-old Bruno Stettler was taking his very first concert photographs.

Over the next decade, Stettler would go on to take 20,000 photographs at nearly 100 rock concerts around town, capturing the raw intimacy of live shows long before they became overproduced spectacles.

In his new book, Als War’s Das Letze Mal (Sturm & Drang), Stettler takes us on a magical trip through the looking glass, back in the late 1970s and ’80s, when legends like Bob Marley, David Bowie. Iggy Pop, Debbie Harry, Nina Hagen, and Kraftwerk called the shots.

Freshly uncovered after two decades in storage, Bruno Stettler’s photography showcases the biggest stars of the 1970s and ’80s.

“At that time, they were not afraid that a fan would attack the band, and the band wanted to be quite close to the audience. They wanted to touch the fans so they played quite close to the audience. I would be four to six metres from the...

https://www.brunostettler.com/curriculum-vitae/

STERNENSTAUB“ – EINE AUSSTELLUNG
von Bruno Stettler ab 3. Juli bis 31. August 2014

in der Aquarium-Galerie im Max Frisch Bad Letzigraben
Edelweissstrasse 5, CH-8048 Zürich
---------------------------------------

Ausstellung | Zerstörte neue Fotowelten
KaffeeRaum, Bötzowstrasse 25, DE-10407 Berlin
Ausstellung: 01.06. bis 31.08.2013,

WWW.KAFFEERAUM-BERLIN.DE
WWW.ARTSHOPBERLIN.COM
---------------------------------------

Vernissage & Ausstellungprovocate |
Provocate happening for contemporary artbeat

WWW.IWBFILTER4.CH
---------------------------------------

Strassenleben Haitis 2009 und Konzertfotografie 1978-88
Galerie BurgerStocker
Mühlebachstrasse 2, 8008 Zürich
2010

WWW.BURGERSTOCKER.COM
----------------------------------------

Vernissage | Photo Kunst
Kunstwarenhaus Zürich
Stockerstrasse 11, 8002 Zürich
Freitag, 30.07.2010
WWW.KUNSTWARENHAUS.CH
----------------------------------------