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My pictures share the authentic pursue for simplicity with the Swiss style in graphic design. They combine the calm of geometry with the dynamic of asymmetry. The focus on the essential is supported by the use of White Space and bold contrasts.
My core topic is “solitude”, which is about the two facets of being alone. These include the positive notion of self-chosen independence on the one hand and the negative perception of unwanted loneliness on the other hand.
In my pictures it is often in the eye of the beholder and its individual life experiences whether a photo is perceived as an expression of independence or loneliness. In my street photography the irregular shapes of living creatures contrast with the regular forms of the environment. People are interchangeable anonymous actors and animals are part of the city life.
The technical leitmotif is “Reduce to the Max”: black and white, simple and authentic. There is nothing in the pictures that was not already on the analogue or digital negative.
Earlier prints are gelatin silver prints. Newer prints are digital prints based on scanned negatives or digital files.
Curriculum Vitae
My birth during the student unrest in May 1968 symbolises my later individualistic attitude. The early death of my mother then reinforced my need for emotional independence and shaped my positive attitude towards being alone. My teenage years during the 1980s youth riots as well as my law studies and decades of working as a lawyer shaped my interest in fundamental aspects.
I am less influenced by visual artists than by musicians like Bob Dylan, Chumbawamba Morrissey and The Smiths, authors like Heinrich Böll, Carson McCullers, Max Frisch or Ayn Rand who create pictures in my mind that I aim to capture with my photographs.
As teenager I used various cameras from my father and grandfather. Around 2000 I started to develop pictures in my own darkroom and switched to Hasselblad Medium Format Cameras. Today I take photos mainly digitally.
Exhibitions:
2026
- Galerie im Rathaus Eppingen/Germany (Solo exhibition)
2025
- Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken, Basel/CH (Solo exhibition, April 3 to August 13, 2025)
- KOSMOS space, Basel / CH (Group exhibition “Street photography in urban and rural areas”, March 21 to April 13, 2025)
- photoSCHWEIZ, Zürich/CH (Group exhibition, February 7 – 11, 2025)
- PH21 Gallery, Budapest/Hungary (Group exhibition “Silence”, January 11 – February 4, 2025)
2024
- Gallery NAT, London/UK (Online Group exhibition “Loneliness and Poetics”, November 18 to December 18 2024)
- Galleria De Marchi, Bologna/I (Group exhibition “Little Treasures” by Trevisan Intl Art, November 30 – December 11, 2024)
- Off Paris Photo: Bastille Design Center, Paris / F (Group exhibition “Corporeality” by art-icon, November 8 – 10, 2024)
- arte Binningen/CH (Group exhibition November 8 – 17, 2024)
- Bellevue Basel/CH (Group exhibition «basel(un)sichtbar”, October 12 – 27, 2024)
- Swiss Art Expo (Group exhibition, Hauptbahnhof Zurich/CH, August 21 – 25, 2024)
- Off Arles (Group exhibition by ProfiFoto “Beneath the surface” Galerie La Grande Vitrine, Arles/F July 1 – 7, 2024)
- Artexpo Basel (Group exhibition, Euroairport Basel/CH, June 13 – 16, 2024)
- Quartieroase Basel/CH (Solo exhibition “Forms and Figures of New York City” May 3 – June 28, 2024)
- photoSCHWEIZ (Group exhibition, ABB Halle, Zurich/CH, January 12 – 16, 2024)
2023
- Restaurant zur Mägd, Basel/CH (Solo exhibition « Animal Silhouettes » April 28, 2023)
2022
- Weinhandlung Ullrich, Basel/CH (Solo exhibition “Mystic Forests” November 4, 2022)
- Restaurant zur Mägd, Basel/CH (Solo exhibition “Basitalia” September 23, 2022)
2004
- clarena, Basel/CH (Solo exhibition “Moods and Fragments” May 15 to December 31, 2004)
Awards
2024: six “Silver Winners” New York Photography Awards, “Best Photography” Award Gallery NAT London (“Loneliness and Poetics” exhibition), “Award of Excellence” Trevisan International Art (“Little Treasures” exhibition), “Silver Winner” Prix de la Photographie de Paris, two “Gold Winners” London Photography Awards, nine “Silver Winners” Muse Photography Awards, two “Golden Winners” London Photography Awards
2023: “Gold Winner” Tokyo Foto Awards, six “Silver Winners” New York Photography Awards, 2nd place overall in Books and “Gold Winner” Budapest International Foto Awards, Bronze medal EFFVAS (Switzerland), one “Platinum Winner” and one “Gold Winner” European Photography Awards, seven “Gold Winners” London Photography Awards
2022: two “Gold Winners” European Photography Awards 2022, one “Gold Winner” Budapest International Foto Awards 2022, two “Silver Winners” New York Photography Awards 2022, one Silver Medal Moscow International Foto Awards 2022 and one “Bronze Award” Prix de la Photographie de Paris 2022.
Books
2024:
“Solitude: Independence or Loneliness?”
“Reduce to the Max: Award-winning pictures 2021-2023”
2023:
“Forms and Figures of New York City” (2nd place in “Books” and Gold winner in the category “people” in the Budapest International Foto Awards 2023, Gold winner in the category “books – people” in the Tokyo International Foto Awards 2023)
Media
In February 2025 the photo Website fotointern.ch mentioned my series about the 24h of Le Mans as one of the highlights of the group exhibition photoSchweiz 2025 https://www.fotointern.ch/archiv/2025/02/07/20-photoschweiz-2015-standortbestimmung-in-neuem-umfeld/
In December 2024 Schwarzweiss Magazine published “Moorpath” in the gallery “In the moor”
In April 2024 the online magazine Muse posted an interview about my views to AI in photography, , the impact of awards in photo competitions as well as which photographers I admire (Winner Interview NY Photography Awards)
In June 2023 the online magazine Muse posted an Interview about my photographic roots and ambitions (Winner Interview London Photography Awards)
In April 2023, I was invited to create a page of the April issue of the independent cultural magazine “Programmzeitung”.
Contact
info@adrianschaub.com
Aeneas Silvius-strasse 34, 4059 Basel (Switzerland).si
The images are printed with Epson ink (WIR display permanence rating > 400 years) on Hahnemühle paper (ISO 9706) and available in different sizes. The number of prints is limited to five plus two artist prints over all sizes. All pictures are stamped, numbered and signed on the front and back (20×20 only on the back). All sizes except 20×20 come in a white matte, which is cut to show the signature on the front.
Unframed:
20×20 cm: CHF 150.-, 28×28 and 21×58: CHF 300.-
Black wooden frame with reflexion-free plexiglas (Max Aab 116 or 102):
20×20 cm: CHF 200.-, 40×40 cm (picture 28×28): CHF 400.-, 35×70 cm (picture 21×58): CHF 500.-
Black aluminium frame with double museum glass (Halbe Conservo or Conservo Distance, AR 99):
20×20 cm: CHF 400.-, 40×40 cm (picture 28×28): CHF 800.-, 35×70 cm (picture 21×58): CHF 1’000.-, 100×100 cm (picture 80×80): CHF 3’500.-
plus some leftovers from events in different sizes, typically on Alu-Dibond (unsigned and unnumbered) and some earlier silver-gelatin prints on Ilford MG IV RC
Discounts for students, unemployed or others with financial constraints.
Don’t hesitate to contact me through the form above in English, German or French or via info@adrianschaub.com for any further information. Thank you for your interest in my pictures.