Beschreibung
In the 1980s, Bilbao was Spains most polluted city, due to the mining and iron industries that had served as its main sources of employment, by then in terminal decline. In 1993, seven years after Spain joined the European Union, a radical transformation was initiated, and celebrated architects such as Santiago Calatrava, Norman Foster, and Frank O. Gehry were brought on board to design buildings that would serve as icons of the reinvented Bilbao. Swiss photographer Roger Wehrli documented this transformation, which was so successful that Bilbao has since become a model for former industrial centers throughout Europe. Taken between 1988 and 2014, Wehrlis striking black-and-white images tell the compelling tale of the decline and rebirth of a city. Perhaps the most emblematic monument of Bilbaos transformation is Gehrys Guggenheim Museum, the citys main attraction and one of Europes most visited museums. Importantly, in emerging from crisis to become the flourishing cultural center it is today, Bilbao has intentionally retained features of its industrial past, which adds to its singular character.
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Produktsicherheitsverordnung
Hersteller:
Verlag Scheidegger & Spiess AG
Patrick Schneebeli
info@scheidegger-spiess.ch
Niederdorfstrasse 54
CH 8001 Zürich
Importeur:
GVA Gemeinsame Verlagsauslieferung Göttingen GmbH & Co. KG
Carsten Schlieker
info@gva-verlage.de
Postfach 2021
DE 37010 Göttingen
Autorenportrait
Roger Wehrli, geboren 1965, lebt und arbeitet als freischaffender Fotograf im schweizerischen Baden. Sein Arbeitsschwerpunkt sind Reportagen und Dokumentationen sowie Porträts. Seine Fotografien erscheinen in verschiedenen Zeitungen und Zeitschriften, u.a. in 'Neue Zürcher Zeitung', 'Sonntagszeitung', 'Der Bund', 'Die Weltwoche', 'Chrismon'. Ibon Zubiaur, geboren 1971 in Getxo bei Bilbao, lebt als Autor und Übersetzer in Berlin. 2008-2013 war er Leiter des Instituto Cervantes in München. Er übersetzte zahlreiche klassische und neuere deutsche Autoren ins Spanische. 2015 erschien sein Buch 'Wie man Baske wird. Über die Erfindung einer exotischen Nation'.
