Photographer's Profile

Adrian Schaub

Switzerland

Born in Basel (Switzerland) in 1968, I started taking pictures in my youth with various cameras of my father and grandfather, who were both enthusiastic amateur photographers. Around 1997 I discovered my passion for black and white photography and started to develop my pictures in my own darkroom. Today I take photos mainly digitally. My favorite photographers are Andreas Feininger, Fan Ho and Henri Cartier-Bresson. In my street photography people are interchangeable anonymous actors, hence you typically don't recognize their faces. Animals are part of the city life and their irregular activity contrasts with the regular form of streets and buildings, whose leading lines ideally aim for a corner of the picture. In general, I like regular shapes and structures of any kind. I also have a weakness for the ephemeral. Above all, the motto is the children’s game "I see something you don't see", and I try to capture the special in the everyday. My paradigm is "Reduce to the Max" by adhering to * Simplicity: Topics, patterns and lines are clear and straightforward * Black and White: no distraction by colors * Square format: allows the most balanced image composition * Authenticity: there is nothing in my pictures that was not already on the analogue or digital negative. Initially I photographed with Canon and Pentax cameras in 35mm format. In 2004 I switched to medium format and have been using Hasselblad ever since, first analogue and from 2021 digital. My preference for the Hasselblad system is based on the compatibility of the cameras and lenses since 1957 until today. Awards 2023: one “Platinum Winner” and one “Gold Winner” European Photography Awards, seven "Gold Winners" London Photography Awards 2022: two "Gold Winners" European Photography Awards 2022, one "Gold Winner" Budapest International Foto Awards 2022, two "Silver Winners" New York Photography Awards 2022, one Silver Medal Moscow International Foto Awards 2022 and one "Bronze Award" Prix de la Photographie de Paris 2022.