Born in 1978 in the countryside of Switzerland, snowboarding soon became the center of my life. On my 23rd birthday I injured my knee, which put an end to my professional snowboarding career before it even really started. I took this as an opportunity to learn everything about photography. During the next 10 years I travelled the globe, chasing the snow to document the international freestyle snowboarding scene under the alias “Creager“. I received worldwide recognition with a unique and timeless approach in snowboarding photography. In 2014 I got awarded with „Advertising Photographer of the year“ in Switzerland. Today, capturing athletes in motion is still something I strive for. Besides, I identify myself with meditative landscapes, calm portraits and still lifes. I dedicate my time to personal projects as well as commercial jobs – with a special emphasis on simplicity, mysticism and quietness.
Airex / Article One Eyewear / Atomic / Audi / Baudirektion Kanton Zürich / Christen Visuelle Gestaltung / Ciele Athletics / Das Gelbe Haus / Descente / DS-Automobiles / FAIRTIQ / GDI / Giro / Grand Studio / Helsana / Intersport / J. Lindeberg / JOM Architekten / Kjus / KORUA / Mammut / MS-Schweiz / Natous / Nerves / Niedermann Walti Architekten / Norkind / On / Red Bull / Riders Hotel / Salomon / Scott / Setaprint / SIGG / Studio Achermann / Swiss Side / Waeber – Dickenmann Architekten / WWF-Magazin / X-Bionic / ZRCL
Thank you!
I am on assignment in China for a week, photographing sports for Descente.
My first time in this fascinating country, and what a journey it has been.
Wow!
Thomas
On assignment for Alprausch on the Diavolezza Glacier.
Also my very first day on snow this season.
:)
T
Lucky me, spending a very beautiful autumn day on the shore at Lake Walen for SIGG.
I am grateful!
Thomas
Early May I have spent 3 days for X-Bionic up in the mountains behind Carrara, Italy.
I will soon be able to show what we have created together.
Here’s a small teaser :)
Thomas
On assignment again for SIGG.
Glad we did not get busted for climbing this pole :)
Thomas
Here’s a small teaser from last weeks exhibition in Lausanne.
And next one coming up: Opening reception at „Durchstarter“ in Basel, on Thursday the 26th of September. Art, fashion, drinks and food. Come by and say hi :)
Thomas
Here’s one part of my installation @Coalmine, Winterthur: Anthotypes made of beetroot, chard, spinach and nettles. All developed by the sun in my garden during July / August ’24.
The group show is on display until December 1st and there’s lots to see :)
Thomas
I am taking part of a bigger group exhibition @Coalmine, Winterthur, curated by Annette Amberg. My contribution contains of a series of Anthotypes, all developed during summer in my garden. Opening is going to be on the 5th of September at 18.30 and the whole exhibition will last till the 29th of September.
Hope to see you there :)
T
A day well spent, photographing new imagery for the swiss bottle brand SIGG. Together with the nice folks @Grand Studio I produced several photographs showing the new product line. Can’t wait to share some of it! :)
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So I just returned from 4 productive days in Italy. And finally I got to see the infamous marble quarries of Carrara with my own eyes, thanks to X-Bionic.
Sharing this assignment along side the nice folks of Tasty Pictures and Tom Gibbons felt great!
Very thankful for this.
Thomas
I have been curating a group show for On and it was called „Run Culture Unfiltered.“ 8 Artists from Switzerland, all hailing from different fields of photography. From selecting the photographers and the images, to supervising the print process and the installation of the art works, I very much enjoyed doing this. Thank you @On for your trust and for letting me do my thing! Installation views will follow asap.
Thomas
Small sneak peek from today’s installation. So tomorrow Tuesday at 6pm is the opening reception @Gustav-Gull-Platz 12, Zurich.
Come all!
Thomas
During the last few winter months I have been curating an exhibition for On. So together with 7 other artists we’re gonna display the art of Run Culture.
Vernissage will be Tue 16th of April, at 6pm @Gustav-Gull-Platz 12, Zürich.
Come all!
T
I screen printed a hand-drawn spiral onto some very nice undyed cotton longsleeves. In memory of the 90ties! :)
If you wanna know more about this, make sure to check out my IG!
Thomas
Back in mid January I have spent a couple days with a french cowboy in Méribel. It involved a sword, snowboarding and cheese, lots of cheese.
And now we published a zine, all photographed on classic old film.
More about this very soon!
:)
Thomas
Ah man, being back (again) on shooting film is really the best thing that happend to me since a while. I feel like that this is going to change a lot on so many levels, professionally and personally. And I haven’t touched my digicam since… :)
Thomas
What more can I say? Working on film sparked again some long forgotten feelings and emotions around photography. So two days ago i took my new favourite camera plus couple film rolls up to the mountains. And I could never have imagined that a almost 40years old camera, a so called „beginner camera“, would please pretty much all of my needs today as a photographer in 2023.
:)
Thomas
It was fate, but also love at first sight, when I stumbled over this old vintage film camera a couple weeks ago. Because I have not developed any film in more than 16years, but the emotions and feelings I got already mean everything to me.
Here’s an image that was on one of the first two developed rolls. More to come :)
Thomas
Finally I am able to share what I’ve created for Atomic Ski back in early August. Together with winter sports athlete’s Arianna Tricomi and Davide Magnini, I documented their summer training routine, in order to get back in shape for this upcoming winter season.
You can find both series under „Atomic“.
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Now up and running is the imagery I photographed early June at Bike park Bellwald for Vast!
You can find it under „Vast Trails“.
:)
T
My photograph „Binic“ made it onto one of ZigZagZurich’s new beddings!
It is made in Italy with Oeko-Tex certified materials such as 100% super soft european spun cotton as well as YKK japanese zippers!
Sweet dreams ahead :)
T
I just came back from a nice assignment for Atomic in beautiful South Tyrol,
where I’ve spent a few days photographing their athletes Davide Magnini and Arianna Tricomi.
Happy to share this soonish :)
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This is a light test with my assistant Roman from a recent portrait assignment for a printing firm.
As back drops, I integrated screen prints from their new website.
That was fun :)
T
Bellwood – my hood!
This is what the locals from Bellwald say about this magic place.
Just spent there 3 days photographing their bike trails for VAST.
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Just returned from Verbier, where I spent couple days photographing for Mammut.
We got it all: Powder, haze, bluebird, sunshine and rain. Next to great food, good laughs and a small sunburn!
Thank you Joy, Ebba, Lalo, Christophe and Silvan :)
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Last week I was commissioned by innovative swiss apparel brand X-BIONIC, to photograph ski touring and (winter) running.
We’ve spent early mornings till evenings on several locations @ Engadin Valley, Switzerland, where we have produced imagery for their upcoming collection.
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Together with Studio Christen from Zug, we have been cooking something all summer long! Are you curious?
Send me a message and you might end up receiving something from me via mail…
:)
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During snowy January 2022 I produced moving images + stills for a Ciele Athletics x Salomon joint adventure.
The brief was to come up with something new, fresh and different. :)
You can find the outcome in my gallery here.
Thomas
Beginning of this year I got commissioned to take a different approach on football photography.
Thank you Audi, WWP, FC Bayern Munich + Nikon for making it happen!
I really like such projects! :)
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Mid August I got commissioned to photograph OFF Magazine’s very first cover!
So I brought Thea the physicist and a trampoline on a roof top during a sunset in Zurich.
:)
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Early September I met up with olympic diver Michelle Heimberg below a diving board @Strandbad Thun!
I brought her a waterproof coat and bucket hat that protected her from the water, and photographed a personal project.
:)
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Mat Rebeaud’s gallery is up and running on the site. Have a look ;)
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Couple weeks back FMX-Rider Mat Rebeaud went to Laax with his new electric motorcycle to ride the Snowpark.
And I pointed my camera at him.
More to follow…
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NACHT is my 2nd experimental approach with moving images. Filmed exclusively with long lens and static camera work, Nicholas Wolken’s timeless turns and my visual eye are merged into this project.
Watch it in here in the gallery named NACHT. And to everyone involved: You guys are the best and I’ll be forever thankful for everything you have done!
Merci beaucoup,
t
I combined my two passions, photography and clothing from the thrift store, in one project. Over 3-4 months I curated blank t-shirts and sweaters, mostly from the 90ties, and printed my image „DUSK“ on it, here in Switzerland. They sold out in less than 24h. But there may be more to come in the future. Gimme a follow on IG and you’ll be informed ;)
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Recently got the chance to work for Ciele + Article One. We produced a series of images, right in our backyard. Everything was photographed literally behind our house during early morning / evening sessions. Followed by a crew dinner at home!
Thank you Ciele Athletics, Article One Eyewear, Marielou, James, Anne and Ayo the Lagotto ;)
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We’ve just been to Chamonix couple of days, to work with french trail runners Germain Grangier, Katie Schide, Marion Delespierre Mauppin and Antoine Charvolin. Very good athletes on exquisite locations served with lots of great vibes!
Merci mille fois,
T
Due to these calm weeks we all recently have witnessed, I went back in my archives to finally update my website. The last 2+ years have been very busy but also productive, funny and never not boring.
I hope you like it.
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Finally I found some time to work on my website. 2018 / 2019 has been pretty productive, so I can not wait to show you what all went down.
In the meantime: Here’s a Diptych I really like. There’s a decade in between these two photographs but they seem like going together pretty well.
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It’s been now 2 weeks in quarantine so far for me. This made me re-think a lot. But since I really miss photography, I started to photograph still life imagery at home with what I have there. No location scouting, no weather options, no travel days, no make up, no stylist, no assistant(s), no dead line… Just daylight and a simple set up. How comes no one ever told me that doing the laundry can be fun too? ;)
T
Been busy the last few months like a bee. Collecting locations and images, like this moon like place here in Italy.
I am always amazed by nature!
Looking forward to winter, more quiet days ahead, filled with snowboarding and sitting in front of the fire place.
T
Anne & I just spent a 10 days assignment road tripping from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, down to Palm Springs and back to LA, as well as everything in between.
It surely brought us to some unique locations, but Death Valley stood out the most to me.
T
February kept us quite busy, like we recently spent some time in the south of Spain, photographing for On.
Here’s a little snippet from our dream location. Thank you Anne Lutz for the photo!
Hope to show the actual imagery soon :)
Thomas
Recently I spent a few days in Copenhagen, where we produced a series of images for On.
More about this hopefully soon.
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The past 6 months kept me busy, photographing mostly outdoors with daylight in the alps, in the south of France and in and around cities. I also enjoyed working in the studio for a change, for clients such as Kjus, Scott or Ujet.
This one is from a recent night shoot for On Running.
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Beginning of December I have spent a few days on Teneriffa, the canary island, photographing athletes for On.
Looks like we have left some traces there…
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Thank you for everyone that came to see my first solo exhibition! It was a great experience.
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Happy to announce that I’ll be taking part in a group exhibition in Paris, amongst some very inspiring artists. Vernissage is tuesday the 7th from 7.30pm @Volume Library, 47 rue Notre Dame de Nazareth, 75002 Paris
See you there!
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Hereby I would like to invite you to my very first solo exhibition, yay!
Opening reception October 21st from 5pm on
Exhibition October 21st – November 12th
Opening hours Saturdays / Sundays 4pm – 6.30pm
At Gallery Gartenflügel, Ziegelbrücke / Gartenfluegel.ch
Thomas
My photograph of a hidden running track will be auctioned for the Tegla Loroupe Peace Foundation and the Athlete Refugee Team (ART) competing at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London.
Several artworks will be displayed August 8th – 11th in the temporary ‚On Embassy‘ A.R.T. Exhibition at the Eight Club in Moorgate.
If you happen to be in London, go check it out!
Thomas
Anne and I spent early week in beautiful Ticino, photographing two sunny days for Swiss running company On. We photographed urban and nature, climbed up hills, swam in rivers and lakes, ate Pizza and Risotto, had tons of laughs and spent time on roofs like on this one here.
Hard to beat ;)
Thomas
Another day well spent high up in the mountains, this time for Intersport Switzerland newest campaign.
I am so lucky ;)
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If you happen to be around Lausanne next week: Group exhibition @ Espace Abstract, Vernissage 9th of June 6pm, Exhibition runs through until 1st of July.
Come by and eat a Wienerli with us!
Thomas
Swiss Side, the number 1 in aerodynamics in cycling, commissioned me to photograph triathlete Patrick Lange. So spending a day in a wind tunnel just got off my bucket list ;)
Thomas
It was about time for a new website. And hey, finally my first logo ever. For that reason I would like to invite you to dive into my world and discover simplicity, mysticism and quietness.
Design & Logo : Anne Lutz
Coding: Roger Burkhard
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Thomas
Anne and I have spent a few days in Saas Fee for INTERSPORT, shooting their key visual for 2018.
Clients mostly asking for perfect weather for a shoot and the day after, when you don’t have to work, it’s often crappy. But this time it was the other way around ;) Our intuition was right and we received a lot of new snow during the shooting day, so it was perfect. The day after it was bluebird and we just enjoyed the scenery, like this part of the glacier here.
Thomas
In February Anne & I got commissioned by On to photograph their newest addition: The Cloud Monochrome! We photographed this series in the studio using gels in front of our lens.
You can now look at the full series under „Monochrome“.
Thomas
Exactly one month ago I photographed this gondola here during a cold evening in Laax for Red Bull Switzerland. We filled the thing with haze, lights and some gels. It is to promote upcoming concerts in ski gondola’s. That was fun!
Thomas
I am honored that one of my photos is part of the Swiss Hasselblad Masters – Exhibition at Maag Halle in Zurich these days. Photographed this image while on assignment for Audi in 2015.
You can see the full series under „Audi“.
Thomas
Once again I photographed some images for On. These days are always pure pleasure, working with highly motivated Athletes on superb locations and hunting day light all day long. I like this!
I added them under „On“.
Thomas