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Groebli specialized in color photography and experimented with the Dye-Transfer process. In the mid-fifties he left photo journalism and founded his own studio for advertising and industrial photography. In 1954 the Council of Swiss Photographers accepted him as a member, together with Robert Frank. In the exhibition The Family of Man which Edward Steichen had organized for the Museum of Modern Art in New York, René Groebli was represented together with the Swiss photographers Werner Bischof, Robert Frank and Gotthard Schuh.

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His first two book publications were Rail Magic (Magie der Schiene, 1949), a poetic essay, and the image series The Eye of Love (Das Auge der Liebe, 1952). As a photo reporter he carried out assignments for the magazine Die Woche and later travelled in Africa and the Middle East for the London agency Black Star. Between 19 he completed his training as a documentary cameraman at Central Film and Gloria Film in Zurich and acquired a diploma. In 1945 he attended the foundation course at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zurich and from 1946 the specialist photography class run by Hans Finsler. René Groebli was born on the 9th of October 1927 in Zurich. René Groebli| Left: Cocktail 48, Corso, Zurich 1948 | Right: New York Melancholia, Empire State Building, 1978 | Signed and numbered Baryta prints With texts by Daniel Blochwitz, Guido Magnaguagno, Daniele Muscionico, Hans-Michael Koetzle, René Groebli and Stefan Zweifel. Format 23.5 x 33.5 cm, 200 pages, 122 photos in color and black and white. Highest printing quality, cover in linen. Daniel Blochwitz, from the foreword The photo book RENÉ GROEBLI – THE MAGIC EYE is published by Edition Bildhalle: Limited edition of 800 copies, 300 signed and numbered by the artist. It reveals René Groebli as a magician with the camera and the camera as his magic eye. An outstanding, astonishing oeuvre has accumulated in the course of his life. Every picture of this artist is a remembrance of lived time. It is a feast for the eyes when the lifework of this artist and photographer passes in review. The photographs are not arranged in strict chronological order, but rather represent what might be called a lyrical response to René Groebli's approach, for his perception of the world is as much felt as it is seen. Book signing and exhibition opening: Wednesday, February 26th, 6 to 8 pm Guest speaker: Stefan Zweifel, philosopher and curator The exhibition lasts until Saturday, March 21st This photography book is the first-ever presentation of René Groebli's pictures spanning a good half-century.