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Photo13 new imagesPenelope Cruz and Tina Turner: The Swiss top photographer Alberto Venzago has captures this stars like no other. Intimate, sensual and natural. As a photojournalist, he experienced the other side of photography. The revolution in Iran or the organized crime in Japan are as much part of his portfolio as portrait and landscape photography. At the photo13 he presents in a special exhibition expansive outdoor scenes that give the viewer the feeling to immerse in the images. |
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Siemens AnswersAlberto Venzago and Markus Zucker have been making short films for Siemens since September 2011. |
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Credit Suisse – Annual report 2012For the third consecutive year, Alberto Venzago will be portraying the employees of Credit Suisse worldwide for the bank’s annual report. The result will be more than merely beautiful pictures: Venzago aims both to capture the personality of the people he photographs and to provide an unfamiliar insight into the world of banking. |
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Gergiev – A Certain MadnessAlberto Venzago’s new film about the conductor Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra touring Russia on the Trans Siberian Railway is making good progress. After two years of preparation and three trips to Siberia, the film is now half completed. The result of twelve weeks of editing, a finished book of sponsors and the first trailer can now be downloaded here. |
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Penelope und Monica Cruz, Til SchweigerFor the second year in succession, Alberto Venzago will be filming with the stars. Making-of films and slideshows of the past two years will be shown at this year’s Fashion Days in Zurich. The second edition of the Charles Vögele Fashion Days will take place from 9 to 12 November 2011. |
JTI – The Brand BookJTI – Japan Tobacco International – encompasses the international tobacco business of Japan Tobacco Inc., the world’s third-largest tobacco corporation. With a market share of 11 percent and a market share of approximately USD 32 billion, JTI is a multinational company in which all cultures and nationalities enjoy the same status. |
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London Symphony OrchestraZum vierten Mal fotografiert Venzago die Orchestermitglieder und ihren Principal Conductor Valery Gergiev in London. Dabei werden Plakate, Programmhefte und Flyers entstehen. Dank der intensiven, freundschaftlichen Beziehung des Fotografen zum Dirigenten und seinem Ensemble kommen einmalige Aufnahmen von Proben und Konzerten zustande. |
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Stars extra: Alberto VenzagoPhotographer, filmmaker and adventurer Alberto Venzago talks to Sandra Studer in “Stars extra”, revealing his sources of inspiration and why he is attracted to the dark side of human beings, but no longer wants to be a war correspondent –and why he was unable to become a musician and instead now makes films about musicians. more. |
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Alberto Venzago nominated for the German Camera Prize 2010On 27 June, the German Camera Prize will be awarded for the 20th time in Cologne. In a special show, to be broadcast on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27, the Großes Fernsehen festival will present selected entries nominated for this year’s prestigious media prize. The German Camera Prize acknowledges distinguished photographers, and promotional awards also honour outstanding contributions by talented young photographers. The German Camera Prize is the most important industry award in German-speaking Europe. The nominated entries bear witness to the high quality standards applied in the various cinematic and television genres. As in previous years, the Großes Fernsehen festival offers viewers the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the best of the latest filmmaking achievements. Alberto Venzago has been nominated for his work as a cameraman on the film Jagdzeit by Angela Graas. Second camera: Markus Zucker. more. |
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In German cinemas: Jagdzeit, a film about Greenpeace activists in their fight against Japanese whalers in the Antarctic. Camera by Alberto VenzagoAboard the Greenpeace ship Esperanza, 37 idealists embark on a voyage to the southernmost end of the earth. They intend to track down the Japanese whaling fleet in the Antarctic. Japan plans to cull more than 1,000 of the placid marine mammals in the whale sanctuary of the Antarctic Ocean, purportedly for scientific purposes. However, the whales killed in fact end up in Japanese restaurants. The Esperanza's crew aims to prevent this. The three-month trip to the Antarctic with Greenpeace promises magnificent images and great emotions. But the question always remains: Is it worth fighting for one’s ideals? more. |
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Beyond in the Top 100. All photos by Alberto VenzagoIn the album entitled Beyond, Tina Turner’s voice can be heard above the Buddhist and Christian chants of Dechen Shak-Dagsay and Regula Curti. Inspired by the writings both ancient and modern of masters from various cultures, as well as her own entirely personal spiritual experience, Tina Turner’s spoken messages are melodiously combined with the chants. more. |
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Zeit – Sprung at the Leica Galerie in Salzburg, opening on Thursday 23 JulyFor the Leica Galerie in Salzburg, Alberto Venzago has broken away from the concept of time. In his exhibition of photographs entitled Zeit – Sprung, he explores the themes of speed and immobility. Divided into two areas, the exhibition shows snapshots of perfectly formed bodies at moments of the highest precision. Frozen in time for a fraction of a second, the dancers of Zurich Ballet can be seen hovering weightlessly in mid-air. As a contrast, Venzago will also exhibit large-format photographs of landscapes “in slow motion” – mystical places of spiritual power that he has photographed over several hours, sometimes for an entire night. For the “people” photographer, taking photographs in the great outdoors offers a contrast to our otherwise so fast-moving world: “The landscape calls out to me! I have no idea where it will take me. An authentic image is more important than a beautiful image.” He has only a map of Switzerland on which places of spiritual power are marked to guide him. By allowing himself to drift, an image suddenly emerges. Usually taken in the dim light of the night, the resulting compositions seem detached from reality. more. |
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Tuesday 14 July 2009 on 3SAT – Berg und Geist: Alberto VenzagoThe photographer and filmmaker on the Rhone Glacier. A film by Beat Kuert and Michael Lang. First broadcast. |
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Best of Corporate Publishing 2009: Gold for Circus Knie magazine with photos by Alberto VenzagoPortraying the life of the Swiss National Circus Knie means portraying the family, showing the artists from all over the world performing during their respective season, capturing the circus atmosphere in the marquee and backstage, documenting the uniquely subtle way the Knie family handle their animals, photographing the circus orchestra, visiting the centenarian Swiss artist Hans Erni, who created the poster for the 2009 tour, in his studio… Together with their photographer – Alberto Venzago – and journalists, this is precisely what Primafila AG has done. Some of the stories and images developed in collaboration with Circus Knie, inspired by the 2009 motto, “c’est magique”, were also used in an appropriate form for the programme of the 2009 tour in three of Switzerland’s national languages, for the VIP invitation card, the flyer, and the circus website (www.knie.ch). more. |
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30 November, Casino Zug: photo exhibition closing nightOpening on Sunday at 11.11 a.m., the Voodoo, Mounted by the Gods exhibition returns to Switzerland after a four-year journey around the world. In addition to the large-scale pictures to be exhibited for the last time, there will also be images of the Antarctic and places of spiritual power in Switzerland. The exhibition will close on Sunday. Photographs will be for sale. more. |
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EDI 2008 GOLD FOR CORPORATE FILMEDI 08 honors the best advertising and corporate films of Switzerland. Venzago wins Gold with his film "Der letzte Streckenwärter" . The film shows in stunning black&white images the dayly trip of Markus through the 17 km long Gotthard Raylway-Tunnel. It's a voyage to his inner self. more. |
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AUGUST: GOING AGAINST FATE: Now in the cinemasThe documentary "GOING AF |
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August 17th TRIP TO ASIA, SWISS PREMIERE“At the very centre of what we are is this idea of a group of people who are expressing feelings together. We have to do this very hard mysterious thing that no one can define; what makes a great orchestra?” |
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June 23rd CITY OF LONDON FESTIVAL:The exhibition is in St Stephen Walbrook . opening on Monday 23rd June and running to Thursday 10th July. We have arranged a late-night private view / opening 22.00 - 22.30 on 23rd with the actor Sam West reciting Aidan's poems, an event which immediately follows on from the premiere of Judith's melodrama in Mercers' Hall at 20.00. While the normal opening hours of the church are 10.00 - 16.00, more. |
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JULY 5TH, MUSIKFILMTAGE OBERAUDORFMEIN BRUDER-DER DIRIGENT |
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GREENPEACE FILM shooting completedVenzago shoots on the Greenpeace boat Esperanza as cameraman for the german Leykauf Production a cinema film in the Antarctic. Director: Angela Graas, Sound and 2nd camera Markus Zucker. more on the net... more. |
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KODAK PHOTOCALENDER AWARD 2008A big surprise for the grand jury of the Kodak Fotokalender: The concept of Dietmar Henneka shows twelf cabdrivers with twelf cars. Venzago worked in Milan with the cabdriverfamily Palla. more. |
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SHOOTING COMPLETED: WORLD OF SOUNDS, May 19th 2007:The documentary "WORLD OF SOUNDS" shows David Zinman and his Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich during rehearsals, concerts and CD recordings of Gustav Mahlers sixth symphony. During 2 months, a camerateam followed the musicians like their shadows. Director:Viviane Blumenschein/Camera: Frank Griebe and Alberto Venzago.Pumpkin filmproduction more. |
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125 YEARS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN ZUERICH.THE BOOKTo celebrate the 125th anniversary of public transportation in Zuerich, Venzago documents with his Leica tender moments. A kind of a love affair.... more. |
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A CLOSER LOOK Israel, May 2007Photographer Alberto Venzago has followed the UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra since its formation."A closer look" is a selection of his extensive work. more. |
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In the orchetsra pitBe it child prostitution in the Philippines, Yakuza in Japan or voodoo in West Africa, virtually no story is too dangerous for Alberto Venzago to cover. For over 30 years, Alberto Venzago's photography focused on explosive subjects. "I've always been interested in the dark side of human nature," he explains. "That's where the real soul is exposed." more on www.leica more. |
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Feb 16th BERLINALE WORLDPREMIEREINVISIBLES |
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Sept.19th LONDON: UBS Soundscapes-the LSO in the city. PhotoexhibitionLSO and UBS. Extraordinary music together |
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Venzago works with the London Symphony OrchestraAlberto Venzago worked with the London Symphony Orchestra and its conductors Sir Colin Davis and Valery Gergiev in London and Russia.Soon on the web of the LSO more. |
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AT LAST ON DVD!!!! : THE MOVIE: VOODOO"Mounted by the Gods" tells- with fascinating scenes and innovative means of filming- of a journey into the mysterious world of African Voodoo. Alberto Venzago documents the immersion into this religion with impressive aesthetic and a vast amount of sensitivity. |
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EXHIBITION ARTISTARTartistart 2/06: opening 5 pm. Frank Bodin, pianist, autor and chairman & CEO of Euro RSCG group Switzerland will held the opening speech. more. |
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SURPRISE ......The new campaign for the magazine "SURPRISE" has a real surprise in store. The models wearing designer clothes and posing in expensive suites, which are normally reserved for the chosen few, seem different than usual. There faces show traces of a life in poverty which normally does not fit to the glossy image most people have in mind. This proves that you can not always judge people by what they wear. more. |
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VOODOO EXHIBITION IN COLOMBIAAlberto Venzago has over a decade experience in filming and photographing the voodoo-cult in West Africa. His exhibition "VOODOO; mounted by the gods" is successfully being shown for the first time in America. Alone in Columbia over 10 000 visitors have entered into his fascinating Voodoo world. more. |
