UPDATES & PUBLICATIONS
17.12.2022
Süddeutsche Zeitung
von Stefan Fischer
Weil man nichts sieht als die Häuser, sieht man die Häuser
Häuser sind im besten Fall eine Heimat. Der Fotograf Patrick Lambertz verdeutlicht das in seinen Aufnahmen von knapp drei Dutzend Chalets in der Schweiz auf eine bemerkenswerte, beinahe paradoxe Weise: Denn er raubt diesen Häusern in seinen Bildern beinahe jeden Kontext.
Und weil man nichts sieht als die Häuser, sieht man die Häuser. Nicht als Teil einer Landschaft, in der sie womöglich wie Dekoration wirken, da die Bergflanke dahinter spektakulär ist oder irgendetwas auf den Weiden, in den Wäldern oder auf den Straßen rundherum passiert, das die Neugier auf sich zieht. Nein, man blickt auf die Fassaden der Chalets wie in Gesichter. Patrick Lambertz' Fotografien dieser Häuser sind Porträts.
by Stefan Fischer
Because you see nothing but the houses, you see the houses
At their best, houses are homes. Photographer Patrick Lambertz makes this clear in his photographs of nearly three dozen chalets in Switzerland in a remarkable, almost paradoxical way: For he robs these houses of almost any context in his pictures.
And because you see nothing but the houses, you see the houses. Not as part of a landscape in which they might seem like decoration, because the mountain flank behind them is spectacular, or because something is happening in the pastures, in the woods, or on the streets around them that attracts curiosity. No, one looks at the facades of the chalets as if they were faces. Patrick Lambertz's photographs of these houses are portraits.
15.12.2022
BIANCO - Alpine Lifestyle Magazine
von Wolfram Meister
"Mit seiner Kamera porträtiert Lambertz keine Architektur-Schönheiten, sondern ziemlich wetterfeste Charaktertypen,die alle ein bisschen in die Jahre gekommen sind, wahrscheinlich die besten Zeiten hinter sich gelassen haben, aberalle einiges an Geschichten zu erzählen hätten. Verschontgeblieben von der grassierenden Bau- und Renovierungswut in der Schweiz, wirken die alten und uralten SchweizerHäuser von Patrick Lambertz wie stumme Solitäre. In denenman, schaut man länger und noch etwas länger hin, sogarGesichter erkennen könnte."
by Wolfram Meister
"With his camera, Lambertz does not portray architectural beauties, but rather weatherproof character types, all of which have aged a bit, have probably left their best days behind them, but would all have quite a few stories to tell. Spared from the rampant building and renovation mania in Switzerland, Patrick Lambertz's old and ancient Swiss houses seem like silent solitaires. In which, if you look a little longer and a little more, you might even recognize faces."
21.12.2022
Bergliteratur.ch
von Daniel Anker
"Lambertz' Serie eröffnet einerseits einen Raum für eine tiefergehende Beschäftigung mit der Schweiz und ihrer Baugeschichte, andererseits aber auch eine behutsame Hinterfragung der Schweiz und ihrer perfekt inszenierten Klischees insgesamt, indem gerade solche Häuser zu Protagonisten werden, die sich dem Bild der heilen Alpenwelt entziehen."
by Daniel Anker
"On the one hand, Lambertz's series opens up a space for a deeper engagement with Switzerland and its architectural history, but on the other hand it also allows for a careful questioning of Switzerland and its perfectly staged clichés as a whole by turning precisely those houses into protagonists that elude the image of the ideal alpine world."
23.6.2022
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung F.A.Z.
Weisse Inseln der Zeit - von Freddy Langer
"Ein Gebäude ist schöner als das andere. Verzaubernd, romantisch und einladend, wie sie da in bunten Tönen inmitten einer klirrenden Kälte Behaglichkeit ausstrahlen – dabei im nüchternsten Dokumentarstil zum Bild gefroren. Manchmal greifen im Hintergrund Bäume mit ihren krakeligen Ästen ins Nichts. Oft aber schweben die Häuser einfach wie im luftleeren Raum. Ein wunderbares Buch."
White islands of time - by Freddy Langer
"One building is more beautiful than the other. Enchanting, romantic and inviting, how they radiate comfort there in colorful tones in the midst of a bone-chilling cold - at the same time frozen into the image in the most sober documentary style. Sometimes trees with their scraggly branches reach into nothingness in the background. Often, however, the houses simply float as if in a vacuum. A wonderful book."
15.6.2022
Kasseler Fotobuchblog
"This photo book is a successful example of how form and content can be reconciled when photographer, designer and publisher all pull together."
15.6.2022
modulor
modulor.ch
"Bewusst fotografierte er diese Häuser vor winterlichem Hintergrund, abstrahiert somit die Häuser, hebt ihren individuellen Charakter hervor."
20.5.2022
Draussen
The special Edition "Draussen” (Outdoors) of Modulør Architecture Magazine features my series “The Architecture of Hunting” on the magazine cover and a full gallery inside.
25.4.2022
Marlowes
marlowes.de
"Auf vielen Reisen durch seine Wahlheimat ist Patrick Lambertz immer wieder Häusern begegnet, die sich dem typischen Klischee des Schweizer Chalets entziehen. Es sind in die Jahre gekommene Häuser, die von der seit Jahrzehnten grassierenden Bau- und Renovierungswut gerade noch verschont geblieben sind. Indem er sie vor winterlichem Hintergrund fotografiert, abstrahiert er die Häuser, hebt ihren individuellen Charakter hervor und bewahrt die erinnerungswürdigen Chalets vor dem Vergessen."
12.3.2022
Success Stories
PhotoSchweiz
by Michel Pernet
Interview with Michel Pernet founder of PhotoSchweiz.
Read the full interview here:
1.3.2022
PROFIFOTO
www.profifoto.de
Interview about education in photography.
19.3.2022
11am - 6pm
Exhibition opening and Book Launch
"Chalets of Switzerland"
Hartmann Projects, Stuttgart
For detailed information see exhibitions.
18.3.2022
11am - 6pm
Exhibition opening
Works from WIRED, The Architecture of Hunting, Landscapes
Prolab, Stuttgart
For detailed information see exhibitions.
March 2022
Book Launch "Chalets of Switzerland"
The chalet, a luxurious and romantic remote mountain hut that exists in “splendid isolation” in a sunny winter landscape — this is one of the most popular cliché images of Switzerland. However, the actual meaning of the term “chalet”, derived from the Latin word cala: “protected place”, is simply that of an Alpine dairy hut oder shelter. On his many trips through his adopted home, Patrick Lambertz has run into many houses that do not conform to the chliché of the Swiss chalet. They are old houses that barely managed to escape the building and renovation boom that has plagued the country for decades. By photographing them in front of a wintery backdrop he abstracts these houses from their context, heightens their individual character, and provides them with an aura of poetry and irony. Following the tradition of Karl Blossfeldt and Bernd and Hilla Becher, Lambertz creates a typological canon of forgotten, yet memorable Swiss houses. Nature itself provides the photo studio: cloudy skies and dense fog provide soft light with little contrast. Snow covered mountains and hills deliver the neutral backdrop. SYB, the legendary photobook designer from The Hague and master of the “Dutch altar fold”, developed a congenial minimalist concept for the book of Patrick Lambertz’s photographs from the Swiss mountains. The houses are made to steadily appear and disappear from the wintery paper white.
The bookstore is open for pre-orders: Bookstore
17.2.2022
1pm
Inauguration
Landscape SPEER, St. Gallen
Special work for Hotel Sorell Speer, Rapperswil
Hotel Speer, Rapperswil
15.2.2022
March Anzeiger
marchanzeiger.ch
by Anouk Arbenz
"Durch das leicht durchscheinende Papier tauchen die Häuser beim Durchblättern allmählich aus weissen 'Nebelseiten' auf und wieder ab. Es passt, denn der Schnee und das Weiss sind auch wichtige Elemente in Lambertz' Bildern"
20.12.2020
Petra Gut Contemporary represents
Patrick Lambertz in Zurich, Switzerland
Petra Gut Contemporary was founded in 2015 in the heart of Zurich and currently represents a mix of international emerging and established artists with a focus on photography, conceptual and minimal art in various media.
The gallery is participating in the important international photography events.
The latest add on to the portfolio of internationally acclaimed photographers is the body of work of swiss based photography artist Patrick Lambertz.
Follow Petra Gut Contemporary's Profile on Instagram for latest news: Petra Gut Contemporary
20.5.2020
ATLAS OF PLACES
by Thomas Paturet
Atlas of Places is a public educational collection of Academia, Architecture, Cartography, Cinema, Essays, Painting, Photography and Research. Its objective is to question the meaning of places. It is curated according to continuously evolving philosophical, social and cultural beliefs. This is merely an occasional collection. Some works date from 1230, some from the recent past, some from the present. They have this characteristic in common that they are outlooks, in the truest sense of the word. In them will be found little more than the intention of clarifying a few ideas that might really be called political if that fine word, so attractive and exciting to the mind, did not arouse today so many great scruples and great repugnance.
Atlas of Places is an excellent collection curated by Thomas Paturet and definitely worth a visit.
20.10.2019
fotoMagazin EDITION - N° 9
The german magazine for lovers of outstanding photography art
Founded in 1949 the german fotoMagazin is one of the classiest german publications about photography.
The annual "fotoMagazin Edition" special edition features photographers and discoveries hand-picked by chief editor Manfred Zollner, who is constantly travelling the world and visits virtually every photofestival to share the gems he discovers in a beautifully printed photography book.
Follow Manfred Zollners journeys on Instagram: Visualboomerang
Get your copy of fotoMagazin Edition N° 9 covering my series Châlets at your local kiosk or order through the fotoMagazin Website:
15.6.2019 - 15.8.2019
Hall of Frame Studiogallery
Marktstrasse 18, 8853 Lachen
Switzerland
Exhibition of selected works
Photo: ©Marie-Eve Hofmann-Marsy
15.3.2019
Baublatt.ch
by Nadine Siegle
"Die Schweiz in Bildern? Das muss nicht Fotos von Uhren, Schoggi und dem Matterhorn bedeuten. Fotograf Patrick Lambertz zeigt in seiner Serie «Châlets of Switzerland» ein Stück Baukultur, das jeder Schweizer kennt, das aber etwas in Vergessenheit geraten ist."
15.-24.3.2019
Exhibition of selected works "Breitenhof"
Welcome by Charly Schrader, Parish Council - Culture and Education
Introduction by Franz-Xaver Risi, Member of the Cantonal Council of Schwyz and Cultural Commissioner of the Kanton of Schwyz
23.2.2019
Swissinfo.ch
article in 10 languages
by Ester Unterfinger
Comments:
"These chalets do point to a simpler and humbler way of living, set apart from the modern urban lifestyle that most Swiss people live. It makes me think of the quest for more authentic living in natural settings, as described by J.J. Rousseau. Please Swiss Info, give us more pictures of chalets throughout Switzerland. They are a gentle reminder to me to live authentically."
Reader "Maplesuisse"
14.01.2019
PhotoSchweiz 2019 - Exhibition
Zürich, Halle 622
13.01.2019
Kwerfeldein - Photoblog report
Comments:
"A very nice photography series. Thank you for the inspiration."
Reader Bernhard
"Very fine series!"
Reader Oliver
NZZ - Bellevue | Solitäre im Schnee
Roberto Zimmermann