Groebli's oevre, that much is clear, cannot be reduced to a single theme, genre or style. Time and again, he has ventured into new photographic territory without settling there permanently.
The Swiss artist regularly attempted the unheard of, or rather, the previously unseen - to the amazement of his contemporaries, who did not always understand what was going on aesthetically and formally.
René Groebli is a doer, a tinkerer, an explorer and inventor whose preferred stage is the studio, the laboratory, the darkroom.
René Groebli, born on October 9, 1927, in Zurich, Switzerland, is a Swiss photographer known for his distinctive, experimental and often avant-garde images that have helped shape photographic vision and design on an international level. Groebli’s oeuvre cannot be reduced to a single theme, genre, or style. Calling it multifaceted would be the least; Time and again, he has ventured forward, has attempted the previously unseen and, in doing so, has repeatedly broken new ground without settling there permanently. As a photographic author, he has continually reinvented himself, setting standards both as an artist and as an imaginative service provider.