Simone Kappeler - America 1981

Simone Kappeler

ISBN 10: 3858816795 / ISBN 13: 9783858816795

Published by Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag, CH, 2020

About this Item

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Zurich's youth was rebellious. An entire generation of students was in search for the 'new'. In 1981, photographic artist Simone Kappeler left her native Switzerland, setting off on a road trip across America. She took with her a Hasselblad, a 35 mm camera, as well as a Polaroid. Over the course of the journey, she would add a multitude of cheap cameras to this collection that enabled snapshot-like images - taken unselfconsciously whenever a motif sprang at her. The images reflect a direct and unrestrained manner, they tell of immediate sensual experience and the longing for freedom and independence.Thirty-five years later, Kappeler has revisited the vast collection that resulted from her undertaking. The selection of some 230 images and their composition reveal a consistent artistic perspective and a signature style. And even today, her 1981 view of America has lost none of its magic.Text in English and German.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Simone Kappeler - America 1981
• Publisher: Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag, CH
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3858816795
• ISBN 13: 9783858816795
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: New.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 23.5W x 2.03H x 33.66D centimeters 23.5 centimeters width by 2.03 centimeters height by 33.66 centimeters depth
• Weight: 1820 grams

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Synopsis

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the youth of Zurich were rebellious. An entire generation of students sought fervently for the new. Simone Kappeler was one of them, and in 1981 she left her native Switzerland, setting off on a road trip across America. She took with her a 35 mm Hasselblad, as well as a Polaroid. Over the course of the journey, she would add a multitude of cheap cameras to this collection that enabled snapshot-like images—taken un-selfconsciously whenever a motif struck her. The resulting images reflect a direct and unrestrained manner, telling of immediate sensual experience and the longing for freedom and independence.

Decades later, Kappeler has revisited the vast collection that resulted from her undertaking, and the result is this striking volume. Both the selection of images and their composition in the book reveal a consistent artistic perspective and a signature style. Through these photographs, we simultaneously see the development of an artist and a lost era of American life.

About the Authors

Simone Kappeler studied German and French literature and art history at the University of Zurich before studying photography at Zurich’s School of Design. She lives and works as a freelance photographic artist in Zurich. 

Peter Pfrunder is director of Swiss Foundation for Photography in Winterthur, Switzerland.