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Cortis & Sonderegger

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Cortis & Sonderegger is a collaborative team of two Swiss artists, Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger. They are best known for their photographs of their physical recreations of famous photographs.[1][2]

Life

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Cortis was born in 1978 in Aachen, Switzerland. Sonderegger was born in 1980 in Bülach, Switzerland. Since 2001 they have lived and worked in Zurich, Switzerland. Their collaboration began in 2005 while they were students at the Zurich University of the Arts.[3][4]

Work

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Sam Shere photograph of the Hindenburg disaster, used as a source by Cortis & Sonderegger

The duo are best known for their physical representations of famous photographs, titled Icons and begun in 2012. The recreations involve the use of precision model-making to create three-dimensional miniature dioramas of the scene in the original photograph. Once the diorama is built, the final product is a photograph of the overall scene, often including some of the tools and materials used in its making.[2]

Andreas Gursky's Rhein, the most expensive photograph ever sold, was the first subject of their recreations.[3][5]

Other subjects of their recreations include:

Collections

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Awards

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  • 2015/2016 Vevey International Photography Award : Broncolor Prize[14]


References

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  1. ^ Slobig, Zachary (9 March 2015). "History's Most Iconic Photos, Recreated in Miniature". Wired. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019 – via www.wired.com.
  2. ^ a b Thaddeus-Johns, Josie (19 March 2019). "Think You Know This Photograph? Take Another Look". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b "ICONS – Works by Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger". British Journal of Photography. 31 March 2016. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Exhibition Double Take - artist, news & exhibitions - photography-now.com". photography-now.com. Archived from the original on 2019-01-21. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  5. ^ Padtberg, Carola (20 March 2019). "Verfremdete Ikonen der Fotografie: Alles Fake!". Der Spiegel. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019 – via Spiegel Online.
  6. ^ a b McKenzie, Sheena (27 March 2015). "History's famous photos made into mini models". CNN Style. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  7. ^ "War and fleece: DIY recreations of iconic photographs – in pictures". The Guardian. 2 May 2016. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
  8. ^ "Hochparterre - Kultur - Nachgebaut und aufgenommen". Archived from the original on 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  9. ^ Conway, Richard. "See World Famous Photographs Recreated in a Studio". Time. Archived from the original on 2019-03-19. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  10. ^ a b c d Tempelman, Olaf (23 July 2018). "Jojakim Cortis en Adrian Sonderegger maken kunstwerken van iconische nieuwsfoto's". de Volkskrant.
  11. ^ a b c Spaces, Malaika Byng, The (25 May 2017). "Art duo create 3D miniatures of historic events". CNN Style. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ "Museum of Contemporary Photography". www.mocp.org.
  13. ^ "Making of 'AS11-40-5878' (by Edwin Aldrin, 1969) - The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston". www.mfah.org.
  14. ^ "Winner of the "Prix Internationale de la Lumière" in Vevey – Project: Icons". broncolor News. 1 March 2016. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.