Walter Pfeiffer

 
Walter Pfeiffer (born 1946 in Beggingen) is a Zurich-based photographer and graphic designer. He spent a great many years photographing for the underground gay zine scene. His breakthrough didn't come till the turn of the millennium, however, particularly after his book Welcome Aboard – Photographs 1980–2000 was published by Edition Patrick Frey in 2001. Heir to photographers such as Wilhelm von Gloeden or Herbert List and to the painter Paul Cadmus, contemporary of Larry Clark, Nan Goldin or Peter Hujar, he has built a founding work for contemporary photography which has deeply marked the generations of Juergen Teller, Wolfgang Tillmans and Ryan McGinley. Pfeiffer's works can now be found at the Kunsthaus Zürich, Fotomuseum Winterthur and Bundeskunstsammlung Bern as well as in the Windsor Collection and Sir Elton John Photography Collection, among others.
 
Walter Pfeiffer - Chez Walti 2000-2022
2023
English edition
Edition Patrick Frey
sold out
A large retrospective of the Swiss cult photographer's work over two decades.
Walter Pfeiffer - Bildrausch – Drawings 1966-2018
2018
English edition
Edition Patrick Frey
Focusing on a lesser known aspect of Walter Pfeiffer's practice, this monograph explores the Swiss photographer's graphic works throughout the decades: large-scale hyper-realistic pencil drawings, drawings in China ink, colored pencils and watercolors, characterized by a joyful sensuality that emanates from his portraits of friends and his floral still lifes.
Walter Pfeiffer - Scrapbooks 1969-1985
2012
bilingual edition (English / German)
Edition Patrick Frey
sold out
Walter Pfeiffer's Scrapbooks.
Walter Pfeiffer - Cherchez la femme!
2007
bilingual edition (English / German)
Edition Patrick Frey
Gathering more than 100 portraits of women by Walter Pfeiffer, most of them being published for the first time, this books shows a new facette to Walter Pfeiffer's rich oeuvre.
Walter Pfeiffer - The Plaza / Kawasaki Cut / Music for Millions (DVD)
2006
bilingual edition (English / French)
JRP|Editions - Bureau des Videos (DVD)
sold out
Underground artist's videos compiled in a DVD for the very first time.
Walter Pfeiffer - 1970-1980
2004
bilingual edition (English / German)
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
sold out
A re-edition of the original cult book of well known Swiss photographer.
Walter Pfeiffer - Welcome Aboard
2001
bilingual edition (English / German)
Edition Patrick Frey
sold out
Reference monograph / artist's book.


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