Isabelle Schönholzer

Since I can remember I have been passionate about eye colours. It is unbelievable how many shades of blue there are. To me, the ‘two eyes’ is just fantastic, I hope to soon find a Siberian Husky to photograph, a baby or an elderly person. Please send me a mail if you are interested or know anyone with two different coloured eyes!

Those photographs were taken for an exhibition in the bookstore Stauffacher. I often get my inspiration out of books and I probably found half my knowledge in hardbacks. I love how books can take you in a different world, inspire, relax or overwhelm you.

I specialized in HDR-photography and recommend it to everyone who wants do get high quality pictures of lighting and indoor architecture.

Companies I photographed include:

ARA Bern, Atupri, Blutspendedienst Bern, Chion Worb, Orthopädische Chirurgie, Coiffeur Vogue, Elektrolux, Emch und Berger, Exact Kostenplanung, Fabrizio Razzini AG, Oda Gesundheit Bern, Mobiliar Bern, Mobiliar Nyon, Parkhaus Kesselturm Luzern, Rathauskanal, Schweizerisches Rotes Kreuz, Spaar und Leih Kasse Riggisberg, Stade de Suisse, Swissmedic, Tropfseinhöhle Bern, Typon Steg , Valiant Delémont, Valiant Neuchatel, Von Roll Areal, YB Fanshop, Wirz Bau

I am amazed by how beautiful some of the Swiss prisons are and by their location, in the middle of  the countryside.  This idyllic, inviting nature and beautiful castles are in conflict to the thought of the looked-up life the inmates lead and the crimes they have committed.

More images to come.

Each making of those pictures was an adventure and a good story to tell! Some of the photos have deeper meanings and others were taken just for fun! I love to entertain people, pull them out of their everyday life and give them the opportunity to do something they usually wouldn’t do.

The series of pictures intends to entice and trigger questions. I invite the viewer to use his imagination and create a story to the image. I am collecting short stories to those images; please send me your story if you are inspired! The photos are taken with a field camera on 4x5 inch film and are entirely staged.

You are special! I was asking people to stand on a case to have their picture taken.

In this series of photos my aim was to give importance to the individual, everyone is a unique and exceptional human being, with a story to tell. Too often people get overlooked and not given the importance they are worth. The pictures are taken in London, Jerusalem, Egypt and Brazil.