Dimensions: 35 x 28.3 x 2.5 cm
Pages: 64
ISBN: 978-3-033-00912-7
Please be advised that the outer cardboard case displays signs of wear and the print might have minor spots due to aging. This is an antiquarian and collectors piece.
Limited edition of 50
In 1949, the renowned Swiss photographer René Groebli took the photographs for an essay that was far ahead of its time. The first edition of Rail Magic, titled Magie der Schiene, contained a selection of just fourteen images and has long been out of print. With this expanded new edition, Groebli hopes to once again allow readers to experience the magic of a bygone era.
The photographs are about the experience of train travel, particularly speed and movement. Groebli captures this by making simple, graphic pictures, and construction a series of formal variations that investigate blurring and freezing movement, sharp and soft focus. The result is an extremely elegant mood piece, a self-assigned project turned into an immaculate showcase for the talents of all concered.
Print - Signed, dated, numbered and stamped by the autor on verso.
Analogue gelatin silver print, printed personally by the author.
Placed in a separate cardboard folder.
Sheet: 40 x 30 cm
Picture: 36 x 27 cm
Book - Signed and numbered on title sheet.
28.5 x 29.5 cm
Text in English, German and French.
Foreword by Guido Magnaguagno.
©Photographs by René Groebli