Fabrik

by Jack Tuggener

Photographs: Jack Tuggener

Text: Martin Gasser

Publisher: Steidl Verlag

62 pages

Pictures: 95 tritone plates

Year: 2011

ISBN: 978-3-86521-493-5

Price: 66.90 €

Comments: 22.8 cm x 30.9 cm; German

Jakob Tuggener’s Fabrik, published in Zurich in 1943, is considered to be a milestone in the history of photography books. The series of 72 photographs in this Photo Epos of Technology is oriented toward the expressionist aesthetic of the silent movie. It imparts a sceptical view of the destructive potential of unbridled technological progress — at the time the Swiss military industry was producing weapons for World War II.
Tuggener’s uncompromising subjective photography and his critical attitude did not suit his time. Fabrik was not a commercial success — the copies were sold at a loss and in part apparently even converted to pulp. Now the work, which has since become a sought-after classic, is being reissued as a reprint with a contemporary afterword.


Mentioned by Parr / Badger THE PHOTOBOOK: A HISTORY Volume I

more books tagged »black and white« | >> see all

• 

  O Futuro Certo
  by Guy Tillim
  sold out

• 

  Another Language: 8 Japanese Photographers
  by various photographers
  sold out

• 

  Wer sind Sie, Henri Cartier-Bresson?
  by Henri Cartier-Bresson
  Euro 60

• 

  Jan Mayen (signed)
  by Cristina de Middel
  sold out

• 

  In the Meantime: Europe
  by Hana Jakrlova
  Euro 39

• 

  Yemen Rihla (book + print)
  by Fabio Tasca
  Euro 77

more books tagged »Swiss« | >> see all

• 

  The Eye of Love ( Das Auge der Liebe - English edition 2017, s...
  by Rene Groebli
  sold out

• 

  Bildbauten
  by Philipp Schaerer
  sold out

• 

  Beryl Chen (signed)
  by Rene Groebli
  Euro 95

• 

  Das Auge der Liebe (2020, signed)
  by Rene Groebli
  Euro 165

• 

  René Burri: One World
  by René Burri
  sold out

• 

  Luxus der Einfachheit: Lebensformen jenseits der Norm
  by various photographers
  sold out

more books tagged »archive« | >> see all

• 

  A Critic's Eye
  by Richard Bartholomew
  sold out

• 

  1000 Bunko
  by Satoshi Machiguchi
  sold out

• 

  The 3rd Person Archive (last two copies)
  by John Stezaker
  Euro 165

• 

  The History of European Photography 1900- 1938
  by various photographers
  sold out

• 

  Révélations. Iconographie de La Salpêtrière. Paris 1875-1918
  by Javier Viver
  sold out

• 

  Nein, Onkel (review copy)
  by various photographers
  Euro 165 132.00

more books tagged »technology« | >> see all

• 

  The Mechanism (signed)
  by Mårten Lange
  Euro 33

• 

  Space . Exhibit. Museum Conservator. (signed)
  by Alla Afonina/ Vera Laponkina
  Euro 45

• 

  A Plastic Tool (signed)
  by Maya Rochat
  sold out

• 

  Welcome to the Machines
  by various photographers
  sold out

• 

  Space . Exhibit. Museum Conservator. (book+print)
  by Alla Afonina/ Vera Laponkina
  Euro 145

more books tagged »Parr / Badger THE PHOTOBOOK: A HISTORY Volume I« | >> see all

• 

  Diane Arbus
  by Diane Arbus
  sold out

• 

  Kodachrome
  by Luigi Ghirri
  Euro 33

• 

  Lisboa, Cidade Triste e Alegre
  by Costa Martins & Victor Palla
  sold out

more books tagged »Parr / Badger THE PHOTOBOOK: A HISTORY« | >> see all

• 

  The Photobook: A History Volume I (signed by Parr & Badger - l...
  by Martin Parr & Gerry Badger
  Euro 550

• 

  Nein, Onkel
  by various photographers
  sold out

• 

  Olifantenpaadjes (signed)
  by Jan Dirk van der Burg
  sold out

• 

  Land of Milk and Honey (German edition - signed)
  by Paul Kranzler
  Euro 45 31.50

• 

  A Period of Juvenile Prosperity (first edition - review copy)
  by Mike Brodie
  sold out

• 

  D'Après Nature
  by Jean Gaumy
  sold out

Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com

• 
  Daido Moriyama - Kagero (Dayfly,...
  
• 
  Bill Brandt - Londres de Nuit (A...
  
• 
  Klaus Staeck - Pornografie
  
• 
  Nobuyoshi Araki - Oh Nippon (荒木経...