KARLHEINZ WEINBERGER - HALBSTARKE (Vol.1) subtle subversion of 1950s social

subtle subversion of 1950s social norms for adults caught up in the bewildering turbulence of the 1960s

Bruno Augsburger is a Swiss photographer born 1968 in Thun

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“One Photographer’s Haunting Love Song to Appalachia” by Ellyn Ruddick-Sunstein

For the past ten years

KARLHEINZ WEINBERGER - HALBSTARKE (Vol.1) subtle subversion of 1950s socialIn 1958, Zrich photographer Karlheinz Weinberger first captured the likeness of Halbstarke (rebel) Jimmy Oechslin, an artistic moment which marks the genesis of this collection of images focused on young Swiss teenagers. That particular photographic encounter triggered Weinbergers life long fascination with outsiders and nonconformists in the otherwise staid environment of Switzerland. The photographs presented in this first of several volumes about