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Arianna Tricomi and Davide Magnini are two successful winter sports athletes on Atomic’s team roster. And in order to get themselves in shape for the upcoming winter season, I went to the Dolomites to document their summer training routine.

So this is Davide, getting his legs ready for his upcoming Skimo races this winter. As one can see, he is also a very fast trail runner during the summer months.

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And here’s Ari, climbing one of her favourite spots in Alta Badia, Italy, where she was born and raised.

 

Thank you Atomic, and mille grazie Ari + Davide!

In order to get a fresh perspective on their imagery, the Vast Trails – Family was particularly looking for a photographer, who has not photographed mountain biking yet. I really like these challenges. In early June I found myself amongst these very talented folks and spent two productive days up at Bellwald bike park.

Yay, Ciele Athletics teamed up for a joint adventure with Salomon running.

The collabo gave birth to two running shoes: one to run on concrete, the other one to conquer mud and rocks.

I got commissioned to produce the moving images + stills.

And with a lot of freedom and trust, I was able to express my view and aesthetics through these two short videos.

Oh, and all of the studio takes are shot in camera, no after effects whatsoever.

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The „Pulsar“ is about conquering mud, rocks, gravel.. whateverything.

All filmed and photographed end of January 22 around Zurich.

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The „Phantasm“ is all about urban, concrete, fast, city.

All filmed and photographed end of January 22 in and around Zurich City.

Thank you so much to everyone involved:

Runner: Hugues Kervyn

Camera, DoP + Editing: Beat Hösli @EQAL

Concept, cast, directing, stills, production, styling, locations + cathering: me :)

Colorist: Mustafa Sert

 

Extra thanks to Raphi Jansen, everyone @EQAL and to CIELE + Salomon for their trust!

Running

From 2013 – 2022 I was working closely with Swiss running shoe company On to create simple yet timeless visual imagery. From the beginning, the creative department gave me freedom and let me do my thing. I was trying to emphasize the runner’s body in motion combined with minimal and sleek landscapes, trails and roads from all over the world.

For ten years I travelled the globe, chasing the snow to document the international freestyle snowboarding scene under the alias „Creager“. My unique, timeless approach to snowboarding photography received worldwide recognition. Capturing athletes in the right moment is still something I strive for today.

Audi Perspectives: a progressive look at FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern became the subject of five sports photographers. Using a range of technical approaches, they interpreted the match in their own distinctive way.

As one of the 5 invited photographers, I was working with „in-camera-double-exposures“. Something I was always keen to try but never had a project where it would have fit the concept. So I’d take 2 images after each other and the camera would merge them together right after I took the second image, while still being in the stadium.

I really liked that pressure between the first and the second image a lot :)

Probably the biggest difference to normal football photography is that I couldn’t just take several pictures in series mode and then choose the best of them. I had to decide intuitively upon one moment, upon only one image in each case. There was only one chance – mistakes could no longer be rectified.

 

Thank you Audi, WWP, FC Bayern + Nikon for making it happen!

A combination of art, film & flood light snowboarding featuring precise turns through carefully composed frames playing with light and shadow effects as well as the viewer’s perception. Featuring aesthetic and enigmatic landscapes that seem extraterrestrial and get resolved in a meaningful way by the often sudden appearance of the snowboarder and accompanied by experimental sounds.

 

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. And in order to take the viewer deeper in to this mystical world, Julian Sartorius composed a matching soundtrack for NACHT using KORUA Shapes‘ „Bullet Train – snowboard“ as a sound body to create specific parts of the soundtrack.

Riding: Nicholas Wolken

Direction + filming: Thomas Stöckli

Editing: Beat Hösli

Grading: Jürgen Kupka

Music: Julian Sartorius

Graphics + movie stills: Aaron Schwartz

Resort: Bergbahnen Rinerhorn, Davos, Switzerland

Safe to say, that diving was always a sport I wanted to photograph: It’s so gracile, elegant but powerful at the same time. Exactly what I love most in sports!

And when I found out about swiss olympic diver Michelle Heimberg, I contacted her and not even 2 weeks later I found myself at the bottom of a diving board.

 

Lucky her, she was wearing a waterproof coat and bucket hat that day :)

„Niseko Nighta“ is a mixed media, long term project about snow & silence in the not so calm town of Niseko on Hokkaido, the northern Island of Japan. Working with available lights & strains, I am trying to visualise and record the sound of silence during my night wanders. In progress.

KORUA is an unconventional snowboard brand that creates unique shapes to experience snow surfing. Because design is core to KORUA, we focus each season on capturing unique details and geometrical shapes. The aim is arousing curiosity about the brand and putting an accent on the unconventional way of doing things.

I photographed these individuals who seemingly came from outer space in Verbier back in 2013. With a speed up to 250 km/h, a Speed Skier rushes down the mountain like there is no tomorrow. I am fascinated by their moves, the fragility of their performance apparel and the surreal setting up 3000m above sea level.

Fabian is a professional javelin thrower who I was lucky to photograph in Winterthur, Switzerland in 2012. To fragment his movement through photography, gives a better understanding of this uniquely aesthetic sport.

Photographing in a wind tunnel was always something I wanted to do. Commissioned by Swiss Side, the number 1 in aerodynamics in cycling together with the athlete Patrick Lange from Germany, it was meant to be a great day!

When I was commissioned by Zurich based yoga label LOLA | FRED to create three campaign images, I came up with the concept to show a bold visual language with an urban and minimalistic touch. Three Yoga masters take pose on sleek architecture all over Switzerland.

Quiet and calm portraits of friends and people I cross paths with, mixed with architecture, landscapes and objects I have collected over the past few years while following my intuition. On going.

In 2015, I was commissioned by Audi to capture my view of the so called Grand Tour of Switzerland. I spent 4 days driving a TT Coupé and documenting the road between Zurich, Schaffhausen and St. Gallen. Audi then published an art book together with Swiss Tourism to illustrate this special route.

My first solo exhibition STILLE, a retrospective over the last 10+ years, was curated by Katharina Lang. STILLE was on display in fall 2017 at the Galerie Gartenflügel in Ziegelbrücke (Switzerland) and contained 47 photographs and a 18min film called “Klausen“.

Click next / swipe left for explanations and installation views.

STILLE

Der Begriff der Stille beschreibt einen Zustand, der dadurch geprägt ist, dass kein lautes Geräusch (mehr) zu hören ist. Stille beschreibt also die empfundene akustische Beschaffenheit einer Umgebung, in der man sich befindet. Jeder Mensch nimmt Geräusche anders wahr und verfügt über einen individuell ausgeprägten Hörsinn, der weder beeinflussbar noch abschaltbar ist. Stille beginnt und endet folglich an unterschiedlichen Punkten. Stille ist physisch nicht wahrnehmbar, vielmehr ist sie ein subjektiv empfundenes Gefühl – und das zentrale Element in den Werken von Thomas Stöckli.

Stille als Bild

Thomas Stöckli arbeitet intuitiv. Losgelöst von einem dokumentarischen oder technischen Anspruch lässt er sich von seinem Gefühl und seinen Augen leiten. Es sind seine persönliche Wahrnehmung und sein persönliches Empfinden von Ästhetik, die zum Bild werden. Dabei ist das Resultat weder vorhersehbar noch geplant. Oftmals sind es ganz banale Umgebungen, unauffällige, kleine Details, unentdeckte Ausschnitte, an denen sein Auge zu verweilen beginnt. Es kommt zu einer Entschleunigung, die sich auch in seinen Werken abzeichnet.

Ein Prozess, der bei ihm mehr umfasst als das Ablichten der Umgebung. Wer sich auf seine Intuition verlässt, verlässt sich auf sein Gefühl und somit auf sich selbst. Dies setzt Vertrauen und Zeit voraus. Aus diesem Grunde ist Thomas Stöckli Ende 2016 aus der Stadt in die Berge gezogen. Mehr Raum, mehr Platz, mehr Zeit. Das, was er seit mehreren Jahren in seinen Werken festzuhalten versucht, beginnt nun auch seinen Alltag zu begleiten – Stille, Reduktion, Einfachheit.

Thomas Stöckli hat eine Bildsprache entwickelt, die sich auszeichnet durch Subtilität, Aufmerksamkeit und Respekt. Seine intuitive Arbeitsweise lässt ihn immer wieder Unerwartetes entdecken. Präzise und gekonnt transformiert er diese Entdeckungen in eine visuelle Form und ermöglicht uns wiederum einen Einblick in seine individuelle Welt und zeigt uns seine Stille als Bild.

von Katharina Lang, Kuratorin

Did you know that most of my photography is available as fine art prints?

Be it in a solid wooden frame or mounted as a Diasec: I always work very closely with my printing studio and frame shop in Zurich. This way I make sure that the image turns out prime and unique on your wall. You can find sizes & editions in the subline of each gallery. Send me a message if you are interested in a limited custom print or if you are looking for a specific size or image.

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.

Altius / Ambit / Archithema / Artimelt / Article One Eyewear / Atomic / AT-Verlag / Audi / Baudirektion Kanton Zürich / Bhend Klammer Architekten / Bühler&Bühler / Christen Visuelle Gestaltung / Ciele Athletics / Das Gelbe Haus Flims / Dizmo / FAIRTIQ / GDI / Gesundheitsdirektion Kanton Zürich / Giro / Grand Studio / Helsana / Intersport / J. Lindeberg / JOM Architekten / Kjus / KORUA / Len Sander / Mammut / MS-Schweiz / Nerves / Niedermann Walti Architekten / Norkind / NZZ am Sonntag / NZZ Stil / On / Red Bull / Riders Hotel / Salomon / Scott / SETAPRINT / SIGG / SI-Sport / Sonntagszeitung / SPORT Magazin / Sportsnet Magazine / SPOT Magazin / Stiftung zur Weid / Studio Achermann / Swiss Side / The Red Bulletin / Transhelvetica / Umbauen+Renovieren / Waeber – Dickenmann Architekten / WWF-Magazin / X-Bionic / ZRCL

Thank you!

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

Spirals on cotton | 18-03-2024

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

Perfect Designs x Korua - zine | 15-03-2024

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

Shooting on film III | 31-01-2024

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

Shooting on film II | 19-12-2023

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

A new found love | 07-11-2023

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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Arianna + Davide for Atomic Ski | 21-09-2023

Now up and running is the imagery I photographed early June at Bike park Bellwald for Vast!

You can find it under „Vast Trails“.

:)

 

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Imagery for Vast Trails | 18-09-2023

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 :)

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Bedding for ZigZagZurich | 30-08-2023

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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On assignment for Atomic | 10-08-2023

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 :)

 

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Photographing portraits | 06-07-2023

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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Bellwood - my hood | 12-06-2023

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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Another week well spent! :) | 31-03-2023

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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A week well spent! | 21-03-2023

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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Because Print Matters! | 30-08-2022

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

 

Moving images for Ciele x Salomon | 12-05-2022

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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Audi Perspectives | 22-04-2022

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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Cover shoot for OFF Magazine | 29-12-2021

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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Personal project about diving | 29-09-2021

Mat Rebeaud’s gallery is up and running on the site. Have a look ;)

 

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Mat Rebeaud for Red Bull | 12-06-2021

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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Mat Rebeaud in Laax for Red Bull | 25-03-2021

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,

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NACHT - an experimental approach into the fields of film | 20-10-2020

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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DUSK on Shirts | 24-09-2020

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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New client: Ciele Athletics | 30-08-2020

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,

 

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Trailrunners in Chamonix | 07-07-2020

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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Website update, finally! | 04-05-2020

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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Diptych | 22-04-2020

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? ;)

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United Colors | 30-03-2020

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.

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To the moon and back | 05-11-2019

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.

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California & Nevada | 25-03-2019

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

On assignment in Spain | 26-02-2019

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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On assignment in Copenhagen | 08-11-2018

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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the past 6 months | 06-09-2018

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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On Teneriffa for On | 05-01-2018

Thank you for everyone that came to see my first solo exhibition! It was a great experience.

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STILLE - first solo exhibition | 13-11-2017

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

I’ll be showing one of my works from „Niseko Nighta“ ;) Curated by the one and only Jad Hussein, photo courtesy of Bertrand Trichet!

See you there!

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Géants, le spectacle de la montagne | 07-11-2017

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

STILLE - first solo exhibition | 01-10-2017

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

| 09-08-2017

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

On assignment for On | 25-06-2017

Another day well spent high up in the mountains, this time for Intersport Switzerland newest campaign.

I am so lucky ;)

 

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Campaign for Intersport Switzerland | 07-06-2017

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

I was a galactic Wienerli | 29-05-2017

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

Patrick Lange for Swiss Side | 18-05-2017

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

New Website & Logo | 19-04-2017

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 Saas Fee for INTERSPORT | 02-04-2017

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

On Cloud Monochrome | 29-03-2017

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

Red Bull Gondeli | 14-03-2017

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

Swiss Hasselblad Masters - Exhibition | 07-01-2017

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

Imagery for On | 02-01-2017