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12_1	waste, recycle and sustainability, Africa, man and animals, Swiss alpine farmers and contemporary
12_2	Switzerland.
12_3	Life and career
12_4	Didier Ruef was born in Geneva, Switzerland on July 15, 1961. He graduated from the University of
12_5	Geneva, where he studied Economics (1981–1984).
12_6	In 1985, Ruef went to New York, where he obtained a diploma (1986) in photojournalism at the
12_7	International Center of Photography (ICP). It was there that he developed his long-term essay of
12_8	the life of a Puerto Rican family in Spanish Harlem, for which he won the Yann Geoffroy Prize in
12_9	Milan in 1990. These photographs were exhibited at the Musée de l'Élysée in Lausanne, Switzerland,
12_10	in 1990.
12_11	Since returning to Switzerland in 1987, Ruef started to work as a freelance documentary
12_12	photographer and photojournalist and has visited all five continents, with a preference for Africa.
12_13	He has worked on various stories on the human condition in black & white and color.
12_14	Ruef was a member of Network Photographers Agency in London from 1991 to 1997. He was a founding
12_15	member in September 2002 of the Swiss photo agency, Pixsil, which he left in July 2009. Today he
12_16	works as a freelance photographer, but he is also represented worldwide by the photo agencies Luz
12_17	Photo Agency, Visum Foto and Redux Pictures.
12_18	Ruef has worked with Médecins Sans Frontières, the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and
12_19	malaria, Heks (Interchurch Aid), Swiss Red Cross, the Syngenta Foundation and the World Council of
12_20	Churches.
12_21	Ruef's pictures are published in numerous magazines and newspapers in Europe, Asia and Northern
12_22	America.
12_23	He won the King Albert Memorial Foundation Prize in 2000 for his book on Swiss mountain farmers
12_24	(Bauern am Berg, Paysans de nos montagnes, Vita di montagna). This award, among other prizes, was
12_25	the culmination of a long-term personal project which began in 1993 and completed in 1997. It was
12_26	made possible with the support of Pro Helvetia for the photography and book in 1998, and an
12_27	itinerant exhibition which toured Switzerland, Italy, Singapore and Jordan between 1999 and 2002.
12_28	In 2000 and 2001, Ruef was commissioned by the Swiss branch of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) for
12_29	an extensive photographic report on daily life in six African countries. These pictures, together
12_30	with those from numerous other African essays form the basis of a book Afrique Noire, published in
12_31	2005. An itinerant exhibition toured Switzerland and France between 2005 and 2007.
12_32	In 2007, he was commissioned by the Swiss Foundation DiDé, Dignité en Détention, for a book Enfants
12_33	Prisonniers on the minors’ jail in Gitarama, Rwanda.
12_34	From 1991 to 2011, he has also been involved in a personal project worldwide on the relationship
12_35	between Man and Waste. He has shot twenty photo essays and has finally published in 2011 the book
12_36	Recycle, Labor et Fides (French-English) and Edizioni Casagrande (Italian-German). In 2018, he has
12_37	published the book Homo Helveticus by Till Schaap Edition on his beloved country Switzerland.
12_38	In 2021, he has published the book 2020. by Till Schaap Edition in which he shot a picture a day -
12_39	366 images - during the entire 2020 year.
12_40	Awards Swiss Press Photo 21. Third prize for the Swiss Stories. 2021
12_41	Deutscher Fotobuchpreis. Nomination 2012
12_42	Swiss Press Photo. First prize for the foreign section. 2006
12_43	Fujifilm Euro Press Photo Awards. Swiss prize for the technique section. 2004
12_44	Swiss Press Photo. First prize for the foreign section. 2003
12_45	Swiss Press Photo. First and third prizes for the foreign section. 2002
12_46	King Albert Memorial Foundation for the book Bauern am Berg, OZV Offizin Zürich Verlag.
12_47	Switzerland. 2000
12_48	Schweizerische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die Berggebiete (SAB) Switzerland for the book Bauern am
12_49	Berg OZV Offizin Zürich Verlag. Switzerland. 1999
12_50	Passy's mountain book fair, France, for the book Paysans de nos montagnes, Editions Monographic.
12_51	1999
12_52	Honorable mention. UNESCO. Japan. 1993 Applied Arts Magazine Awards Annual. USA. 1993
12_53	Third black&white prize. Nikon International. Japan. 1991
12_54	Yann Geoffroy. Agenzia Grazia Neri. Milan. Italy. 1990
12_55	Second color prize. Nikon International. Japan. 1989 Grand Prix. L'Illustré. Switzerland. 1983
12_56	Books 2020. Till Schaap Edition. Switzerland. 2021
12_57	Homo Helveticus. Till Schaap Edition. Switzerland. 2018
12_58	Iași – Puncte de vedere. Iași Editura Muzeelor Literare.Iași. Romania. 2015
12_59	Afrika, letzte Hoffnung. (Reprint with a new book cover). Pier Paolo Pasolini. Mit Fotografien von
12_60	Didier Ruef. Corso. Hamburg. Germany. 2015
12_61	Bestiarium. QTI. Stabio. Switzerland. 2012 Afrika, letzte Hoffnung. Corso. Hamburg. Germany. 2011
12_62	Recycle. Labor et Fides. Switzerland. 2011 Recycle. Casagrande Edizioni. Switzerland. 2011
12_63	Enfants Prisonniers. Fondation DiDé, Dignité en Détention. Geneva. Switzerland. 2007
12_64	Afrique Noire. Infolio Editions. Switzerland. 2005
12_65	Tausendundein Krieg. NP Buchverlag. Austria. 2004
12_66	Vita di montagna Edizioni Casagrande. Switzerland. 1998
12_67	Paysans de nos montagnes. Editions Monographic. Switzerland. 1998
12_68	Bauern am Berg OZV Offizin Zürich Verlag. Switzerland. 1998
12_69	Weltenblicke. Reportagefotografie und ihre Medien OZV Offizin Zürich Verlag. Switzerland.1997
12_70	Collections Collezione della Republica e Cantone Ticino. Switzerland.
12_71	Collection Charles-Henri Favrod, Saint-Prex. Switzerland.
12_72	Fonds cantonal d’art contemporain, Geneva. Switzerland. Fondation MAST, Bologna, Italy
12_73	Fonds pour la photographie, Geneva. Switzerland. Musée de l'Élysée, Lausanne, Switzerland.
12_74	Museo Casa Cavalier Pellanda. Biasca. Switzerland.
12_75	Schweizerische Stiftung für die Photographie, Zürich. Switzerland.
12_76	Exhibits
12_77	Individuals 1990 Médecins Sans Frontières in Uganda. Maison du Grütli, Geneva. Switzerland. 1991
12_78	Spanish Harlem. Family Life. Musée de l'Élysée, Lausanne. Switzerland. 1993
12_79	Gens de la Voirie. MJC St.-Gervais, Geneva. Switzerland. 1998
12_80	Bauern am Berg. Völkerkundemuseum, Zürich. Switzerland. 1999
12_81	Vita di montagna. Castelgrande, Bellinzona. Switzerland.
12_82	"Paysans de nos montagnes." Caves de la maison de Courten, Sierre (Switzerland). 2000
12_83	Bauern am Berg. Museo Nazionale del San Gottardo. Switzerland.
12_84	Paysans de nos montagnes. Galerie Focale, Nyon. Switzerland. 2001
12_85	Paysans de montagnes. The Substation. Singapore.
12_86	Vita di montagna. CCS Centro Culturale Svizzero, Milan. Italy.
12_87	Vita di montagna. Forte di Nago, Torbole. Italy. 2002
12_88	Mountain farming. The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman. Jordan. 2005
12_89	Africa Nera. Museo d’arte, Mendrisio. Switzerland Afrique Noire. Galerie Focale, Nyon. Switzerland.
12_90	Schwarzafrica. Coalmine Gallery, Winterthur. Switzerland. 2006
12_91	Afrique Noire. Itinéraires des Photographes Voyageurs, Bibliothèque Municipale, Bordeaux. France.
12_92	2007 Afrique Noire. Völkerkundemuseum. Zürich. Switzerland. 2013
12_93	Animals’ World. Leica Gallery. Zingst. Germany. 2014
12_94	Animals’ World. Leica Galerie Salzburg, Austria
12_95	Les déchets dans le monde. Printemps de l'environnement: réduisons, réutilisons, recyclons. Ville
12_96	de Palaiseau. France.
12_97	2016 72 boulevard des écorchés. Cité Séniors, Geneva. Switzerland 2019
12_98	Homo Helveticus. Artespressione Gallery, Milan. Italy.
12_99	Group 1986 Central Park. New York. USA. 1988
12_100	Triennale internationale de la Photographie. Fribourg. Switzerland. 1991

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waste, recycle and sustainability, Africa, man and animals, Swiss alpine farmers and contemporary

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Switzerland.

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Life and career

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Didier Ruef was born in Geneva, Switzerland on July 15, 1961. He graduated from the University of

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Geneva, where he studied Economics (1981–1984).

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In 1985, Ruef went to New York, where he obtained a diploma (1986) in photojournalism at the

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International Center of Photography (ICP). It was there that he developed his long-term essay of

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the life of a Puerto Rican family in Spanish Harlem, for which he won the Yann Geoffroy Prize in

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Milan in 1990. These photographs were exhibited at the Musée de l'Élysée in Lausanne, Switzerland,

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in 1990.

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Since returning to Switzerland in 1987, Ruef started to work as a freelance documentary

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photographer and photojournalist and has visited all five continents, with a preference for Africa.

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He has worked on various stories on the human condition in black & white and color.

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Ruef was a member of Network Photographers Agency in London from 1991 to 1997. He was a founding

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member in September 2002 of the Swiss photo agency, Pixsil, which he left in July 2009. Today he

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works as a freelance photographer, but he is also represented worldwide by the photo agencies Luz

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Photo Agency, Visum Foto and Redux Pictures.

12_18

Ruef has worked with Médecins Sans Frontières, the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and

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malaria, Heks (Interchurch Aid), Swiss Red Cross, the Syngenta Foundation and the World Council of

12_20

Churches.

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Ruef's pictures are published in numerous magazines and newspapers in Europe, Asia and Northern

12_22

America.

12_23

He won the King Albert Memorial Foundation Prize in 2000 for his book on Swiss mountain farmers

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(Bauern am Berg, Paysans de nos montagnes, Vita di montagna). This award, among other prizes, was

12_25

the culmination of a long-term personal project which began in 1993 and completed in 1997. It was

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made possible with the support of Pro Helvetia for the photography and book in 1998, and an

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itinerant exhibition which toured Switzerland, Italy, Singapore and Jordan between 1999 and 2002.

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In 2000 and 2001, Ruef was commissioned by the Swiss branch of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) for

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an extensive photographic report on daily life in six African countries. These pictures, together

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with those from numerous other African essays form the basis of a book Afrique Noire, published in

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2005. An itinerant exhibition toured Switzerland and France between 2005 and 2007.

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In 2007, he was commissioned by the Swiss Foundation DiDé, Dignité en Détention, for a book Enfants

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Prisonniers on the minors’ jail in Gitarama, Rwanda.

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From 1991 to 2011, he has also been involved in a personal project worldwide on the relationship

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between Man and Waste. He has shot twenty photo essays and has finally published in 2011 the book

12_36

Recycle, Labor et Fides (French-English) and Edizioni Casagrande (Italian-German). In 2018, he has

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published the book Homo Helveticus by Till Schaap Edition on his beloved country Switzerland.

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In 2021, he has published the book 2020. by Till Schaap Edition in which he shot a picture a day -

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366 images - during the entire 2020 year.

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Awards Swiss Press Photo 21. Third prize for the Swiss Stories. 2021

12_41

Deutscher Fotobuchpreis. Nomination 2012

12_42

Swiss Press Photo. First prize for the foreign section. 2006

12_43

Fujifilm Euro Press Photo Awards. Swiss prize for the technique section. 2004

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Swiss Press Photo. First prize for the foreign section. 2003

12_45

Swiss Press Photo. First and third prizes for the foreign section. 2002

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King Albert Memorial Foundation for the book Bauern am Berg, OZV Offizin Zürich Verlag.

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Switzerland. 2000

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Schweizerische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die Berggebiete (SAB) Switzerland for the book Bauern am

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Berg OZV Offizin Zürich Verlag. Switzerland. 1999

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Passy's mountain book fair, France, for the book Paysans de nos montagnes, Editions Monographic.

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1999

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Honorable mention. UNESCO. Japan. 1993 Applied Arts Magazine Awards Annual. USA. 1993

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Third black&white prize. Nikon International. Japan. 1991

12_54

Yann Geoffroy. Agenzia Grazia Neri. Milan. Italy. 1990

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Second color prize. Nikon International. Japan. 1989 Grand Prix. L'Illustré. Switzerland. 1983

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Books 2020. Till Schaap Edition. Switzerland. 2021

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Homo Helveticus. Till Schaap Edition. Switzerland. 2018

12_58

Iași – Puncte de vedere. Iași Editura Muzeelor Literare.Iași. Romania. 2015

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Afrika, letzte Hoffnung. (Reprint with a new book cover). Pier Paolo Pasolini. Mit Fotografien von

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Didier Ruef. Corso. Hamburg. Germany. 2015

12_61

Bestiarium. QTI. Stabio. Switzerland. 2012 Afrika, letzte Hoffnung. Corso. Hamburg. Germany. 2011

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Recycle. Labor et Fides. Switzerland. 2011 Recycle. Casagrande Edizioni. Switzerland. 2011

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Enfants Prisonniers. Fondation DiDé, Dignité en Détention. Geneva. Switzerland. 2007

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Afrique Noire. Infolio Editions. Switzerland. 2005

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Tausendundein Krieg. NP Buchverlag. Austria. 2004

12_66

Vita di montagna Edizioni Casagrande. Switzerland. 1998

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Paysans de nos montagnes. Editions Monographic. Switzerland. 1998

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Bauern am Berg OZV Offizin Zürich Verlag. Switzerland. 1998

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Weltenblicke. Reportagefotografie und ihre Medien OZV Offizin Zürich Verlag. Switzerland.1997

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Collections Collezione della Republica e Cantone Ticino. Switzerland.

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Collection Charles-Henri Favrod, Saint-Prex. Switzerland.

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Fonds cantonal d’art contemporain, Geneva. Switzerland. Fondation MAST, Bologna, Italy

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Fonds pour la photographie, Geneva. Switzerland. Musée de l'Élysée, Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Museo Casa Cavalier Pellanda. Biasca. Switzerland.

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Schweizerische Stiftung für die Photographie, Zürich. Switzerland.

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Exhibits

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Individuals 1990 Médecins Sans Frontières in Uganda. Maison du Grütli, Geneva. Switzerland. 1991

12_78

Spanish Harlem. Family Life. Musée de l'Élysée, Lausanne. Switzerland. 1993

12_79

Gens de la Voirie. MJC St.-Gervais, Geneva. Switzerland. 1998

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Bauern am Berg. Völkerkundemuseum, Zürich. Switzerland. 1999

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Vita di montagna. Castelgrande, Bellinzona. Switzerland.

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"Paysans de nos montagnes." Caves de la maison de Courten, Sierre (Switzerland). 2000

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Bauern am Berg. Museo Nazionale del San Gottardo. Switzerland.

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Paysans de nos montagnes. Galerie Focale, Nyon. Switzerland. 2001

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Paysans de montagnes. The Substation. Singapore.

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Vita di montagna. CCS Centro Culturale Svizzero, Milan. Italy.

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Vita di montagna. Forte di Nago, Torbole. Italy. 2002

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Mountain farming. The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman. Jordan. 2005

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Africa Nera. Museo d’arte, Mendrisio. Switzerland Afrique Noire. Galerie Focale, Nyon. Switzerland.

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Schwarzafrica. Coalmine Gallery, Winterthur. Switzerland. 2006

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Afrique Noire. Itinéraires des Photographes Voyageurs, Bibliothèque Municipale, Bordeaux. France.

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2007 Afrique Noire. Völkerkundemuseum. Zürich. Switzerland. 2013

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Animals’ World. Leica Gallery. Zingst. Germany. 2014

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Animals’ World. Leica Galerie Salzburg, Austria

12_95

Les déchets dans le monde. Printemps de l'environnement: réduisons, réutilisons, recyclons. Ville

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de Palaiseau. France.

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2016 72 boulevard des écorchés. Cité Séniors, Geneva. Switzerland 2019

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Homo Helveticus. Artespressione Gallery, Milan. Italy.

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Group 1986 Central Park. New York. USA. 1988

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Triennale internationale de la Photographie. Fribourg. Switzerland. 1991