A country's rapid changes documented by an outstanding press image agency.

The photo agency Comet Photo AG was founded in Zurich in 1952 by Swiss photographers Hans Gerber, Bjorn Eric Lindroos, and Jack Metzger with the aim of supplying media and businesses with images of Zurich. Quickly, however, the agency expanded its reach to all of Switzerland.

This book presents two hundred images from the heyday of Comet Photo in the 1960s and '70s. Emphasizing the rapid changes Switzerland underwent in those years, the selection of photographs in the book covers cities and countryside, industry and agriculture, celebrities and fashion, and major public events. Together, they offer an unforgettable, stylish portrait of Switzerland in a period of dynamic change and growth.

«Wie der Titel sagt, ein Mosaik. Oder einfach ein spannendes Bilderbuch. ???? (Beeindruckend)» Michael Lütscher, Schweizer Familie

Autorentext
Prof. Dr. Georg Kreis, geb. 1943, Historiker, Leiter des Europainstitutes der Universität Basel, seit deren Gründung 1995 Präsident der Eidgenössischen Kommission gegen Rassismus. Lebt und arbeitet in Basel. Michael Gasser ist Leiter der Archive der ETH-Bibliothek

Zusammenfassung

A country's rapid changes documented by an outstanding press image agency.