This book is the culmination of an advertising campaign by the exclusive design company Vitra, which had the idea of photographing famous personalities sitting on Vitra chairs. The reulsting photographs collected in "Sittings" are remarkable in their portrayal of wolrd-famous personalities from the fine and performing arts commenting on the link between style and status.
PHOTOsuisse is a collection of 28 photographers, who create their own visual worlds. It includes young shooting-stars as well as established figures, who have decisively influenced important developments over the past thirty years. This survey is a tribute to contemporary Swiss photography and is presented in two complementary In film portraits on two DVDs the photographers introduce their world of personal images, generously allowing insight into their creative process, the book concentrates on the photography itself showing important works by each exponent in a musee imaginaire.