Great book with the photos by Christian Vogt: "The Master Collection Book I". IF YOU WIN MORE THAN 1 OF MY BOOKS IN THIS AUCTION, YOU WILL PAY ONLY 1 X SHIPPING COSTS - WORLDWIDE. RotoVision, Geneva, Switzerland. 1980. First edition, first printing. Hardcover with dustjacket. 230 x 288 mm. 117 pages. Photos in black and white and color. Photos: Christian Vogt. Book design: Susan Nash. Foreword: Sue Davis/London, Fritz Gruber/Köln, Allan Porter/Luzern. Text in French, English and German. Condition: Book inside and outside excellent, fresh and clean with no marks and with no foxing. Dustjacket fresh, complete with not missing parts; lightly used with neat tear at the top left corner of the front. Overall very fine condition. Great photobook - in great condition. "Since the late 1960s Christian Vogt has produced a photographic oeuvre impressive for its creative inventiveness and its unexpected twists. He is a master of the art of photographic haikus, and a virtuoso of associative story telling with pictures. To Vogt, photography is never a mere reproduction but always a speculation about the meaning of the story hidden behind the surface, a reflection on the subjectivity of the photographic eye, in the awareness that the actual picture only emerges through the perception of the beholder… " (Martin Gasser, "Today I've been you", 2009) "Recipient of Swiss National Scholarships; the first Grand Prix Triennale of Fribourg; Canada Council Grant; Art Director's Awards from Switzerland, Germany, New York und Los Angeles; the 'Clio' Award, New York, 1992; Kulturpreis der Stadt Basel 1991; etc. Lectures and Workshops at the ICP und Swiss Institute, New York; the Rencontres Internationales, Arles; The University of Coimbra, Porto; Yale University, New Haven, Brissago; Ryerson Institute, Toronto; St. Lukas Institute, Brussels; the Art Center, College of Design, Vevey; European Institute of Design, Milan; Lecture Tours in Australia, Scandanavia (Denmark, Norway), Southeast Asia, (Hong Kong, Indonesia)" (from the website of Christian Vogt) "His work is represented in numerous private and public collections, including Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; Swiss Foundation for Photography, Winterthur; Musée de l'Elysee, Lausanne; Modern Museet, Stockholm; Hoffmann Stiftung, Gegenwartsmuseum, Basel; Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv; Polaroid Collection, Cambridge, USA; Preuss Museum, Horten, Norway; Getty Foundation (Sam Wagstaff Collection), Los Angeles; Hartkamp's Collection, Amsterdam; Ilford Collection, London; Polaroid International Collection, Amsterdam; Die Neue Sammlung, Munich; Museum Ludwig, (Fritz Gruber Sammlung), Cologne; Centro Studi e Archivo della Communicazione, University of Parma, Parma; Grupa Junij, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia; Albertina Sammlung, Vienna; Sammlung Ludwig, Frankfurt; Communali di Rimini, Italy; Repubblica di San Marino, Italia; Fonds de Décoration, Genève; UBS, Germany; Department of Public Works, Basel, Switzerland; BIZ (Bank for International Settlements), Switzerland." (from the website of Christian Vogt)