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Painting with light Swiss photo studio Atelier am Bach teaches how to create mesmerising photographic art by using unusual techniques. Atelier am Bach takes pride in working beyond the standards of professional photography. The photo studio offers workshops for photographers who enjoy working with unusual techniques to create new subjects. It specialises in highspeed photography and explains how to effectively experiment with various lengths of exposure time. Whilst the movements of water drops can only be captured within milliseconds, a dancing scene requires several seconds of exposure time. This technique maintains a scene’s dynamics and makes the picture appear alive. Atelier am Bach is working with a dancer in its workshops, showing its students exactly how to take professional photos during a dance routine. Another workshop is dedicated to water drop photography. It teaches the
technique of how to take the perfect shot of a drop immersing into water. At the studio, the structures needed are already set up and ready to use, so students get the opportunity to study the setups and can then start their practise right away. As varied as Atelier am Bach’s themes are its students. Whereas technophile photographers usually enjoy working with a brief exposure time, students who work
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more creatively mostly prefer the effects of a longer exposure time. This summer, Atelier am Bach follows into Picasso’s footsteps. A special workshop teaches how to paint with light, a subject that has also fascinated the Spanish master. Especially designed lamps will show how to plan and combine various light creations into new fascinating arrangements. Mesmerising photographic art, designed by creativity. www.atelier-am-bach.ch
Treasures that last an eternity Established in 2014, the Swiss company Bandl’s Zeitoase offers a great range of high-quality art, unique coins and precious metals. When he was a little boy, Georg Bandl discovered his passion for collecting coins. “On every vacation I collected coins that were especially beautiful to me,” Bandl remembers. His fascination with such unique treasures continued into adulthood, so he established an exclusive online shop called Bandl’s Zeitoase, where people who share his passion will not only find an exquisite range of coin collections, but also fine pieces of art. “My intention is to offer an online platform where customers find high-quality pieces that reflect contemporary history as well as art history on the one hand, and reach the observer’s senses on the other hand,”Bandl explains.“Furthermore, our products serve as investment for the future, since they do not lose in value.” Bandl, who studied psychology and also works as a body psychotherapist, continually increases his art selection 46 | Issue 42 | September 2016
by offering paintings, drawings and sculptures. Surreal-looking oil paintings by André Mimor, encaustic paintings containing real gold by Werner Erlacher, and sculptures made of acrylic glass by Heinrich Bobst are just some examples that are available in the gallery. Even limited lithograph prints by Salvador Dalí
Die Verkündigung by Andre Mimor. Photo: Andre Mimor
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can be bought at Bandl’s Zeitoase. “All artists can apply here, as long as they are already well noted,” says Bandl. Numismatists also have the chance to extend their collection by choosing from a wide range of coins, such as one remembering the 1847 marksmen’s festival in Glarus, or another coin for the opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel. www.zeitoase.ch
Schützentaler Glarus. Photo: Georg Bandl