Fine Print: Abstraction (Tension). Zurich, Switzerland, circa 1941 Paris Richard Manuel

Richard Manuel

Arnold photographed Monroe six times over the decade she knew her

In an unusually intimate portrait

a little girl holds skulls over her eyes during the Day of the Dead

Fine Print: Abstraction (Tension). Zurich, Switzerland, circa 1941 Paris Richard ManuelWerner Bischof set up his studio near the end of the thirties in a suburb of Zurich. After 1939, Switzerland had become an island of liberalism surrounded by a sea of fascism. Treating it as his ivory tower, Bischof devoted himself to his work as a studio photographer and portraitist, perfecting his photographic technique and training himself to be a master of seeing. Patience, care and precision were cultivated, and, as a result, a highly poetic