Peter Pfrunder
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Peter Pfrunder is a Swiss publicist, cultural historian, and curator specializing in the history of photography. Born in Singapore in 1959 and raised in Switzerland, he studied German studies, European folk literature, and English literature in Zurich, Berlin, and Montpellier. Since 1998, he has served as the Director and Curator of the Fotostiftung Schweiz (Swiss Foundation for Photography) in Winterthur, the oldest institution in Switzerland dedicated to photography. His work focuses on the intersection of cultures through photography, the development of photographic styles, and the curation of significant photographic archives. He is a prolific author of publications regarding Swiss and international photographic history.[1,2,3,4]
Themes
- history of photography
- Swiss photography
- photobooks
- cultural identity
Books
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Swiss Photobooks from 1927 to the Present: A Different History of Photography: Eine andere Geschichte der Fotografieauthor
Works by Peter Pfrunder
- Swiss Photobooks from 1927 to the Present: A Different History of Photography 2011 · Lars Müller Publishers · book · English, French, German ISBN 978-3037782606 Edited in collaboration with Martin Gasser and Sabine Münzenmaier.
- Jules Decrauzat, Der erste Fotoreporter der Schweiz 2015 · Echtzeit · book · German
- Kindheit in der Schweiz / Enfances suisses 2015 · Limmat Verlag · book · German, French
- Roberto Donetta. Fotograf und Samenhändler aus dem Bleniotal 2016 · Limmat Verlag · book · German