Translated from: Zofinger Tagblatt / MLZ Author: MERET HARTMANN
Anyone can take pictures. The "snapping" of tourists on vacation is taking on epic dimensions these days. But for a really good photo you need one thing above all: the right eye for the right motifs, and this is what Ueli Fischer has. You can see and experience this for yourself from June 14th at the Eiche nursing home in Dagmersellen. Under the motto “far and near”, photographer Ueli Fischer will show 16 pictures in his first exhibition until October 29th.
Ueli never had the time to exhibit his photographs, though he was always encouraged by people to do so, and was eventually convinced to do so by Isidor Affentranger, manager of AZ Eiche. Planning started in November. According to Ueli, such an exhibition is time consuming however, he also shares the opinion that “such an offer is incredibly motivating. I'm also excited to see people's reactions."
Every photo is a treasure
“I was drawn to photography when I was on a trip to the Nordland in 1971. At that time I was still out and about with my brother's camera,” says Ueli of the birth of his passion. He would have liked the possibility of bringing home something strange. But he didn't turn his hobby into a job. After the teachers' seminar, the native Emmer began his teaching career in the Reidermoos schoolhouse and then worked for several years in Reiden as a primary and secondary teacher. After six years, however, he moved back to Emmenbrücke, where you have a wonderful view of the mountains of central Switzerland. "From the primary school teacher to the inspector to the headmaster, I've done pretty much everything that can be done in the school system," says Ueli Fischer with a laugh and gives a clear picture of himself. He's just as passionate about teaching as he is about photography.
He would have always had artistically inclined people around him. The teachers' seminar, which is strong in the arts, was particularly formative for his photography. He particularly remembers the biology teacher. “One day he came into the room with a tuft of grass, which we looked at under the binoculars. Hence my interest in macro shots of flowers and meadows, ”says Ueli Fischer, explaining his path to landscape photography.
Ueli Fischer took his first photos as a secondary school student with his father's Leica camera. "In analog times, every photo was a treasure. You thought twice about whether it was worth taking a picture of a subject, "says Ueli Fischer," today I can sometimes take 200 photos in one day. " Of course, this precious photography would be lost a bit. But digital photography is also a way of documenting a landscape in many different lighting conditions and directions and then filtering out the best image.
A clear trademark
"My pictures all have a certain rhythm. I'm also a fan of diagonals, ”says Ueli Fischer, explaining his photographs. The proof is also provided by the pictures he will be exhibiting in AZ Eiche. The expansive landscapes invite you to rave about. They show untouched nature. Cars, trains or houses do not seem to exist and people can only be recognized sporadically.
Ueli Fischer's pictures are immediately recognizable. Often the sky takes up two thirds of the picture, the landscape a third, which makes the pictures run into infinity. Ueli Fischer is inspired on the one hand by the abstract color surfaces by the artist Richard Paul Loose, on the other hand by the strict formal training of the drawing teacher at the teachers' seminar. This becomes clear in his perfectly composed photographs. The landscape with its wide areas is a wonderful motif. Although Ueli Fischer never attended a photography course, his pictures take into account all the rules of art. “I just see it,” says the photographer with the right eye.
"My pictures have a distinctive rhythm."
Ueli Fischer, photographer
