About

Matthias Buenzli's empathic observations, which constantly oscillate between dream and reality, condense his pictorial language - without losing the humor for the situational and by putting the people in their surroundings in focus. The documentary is always central and of high priority. In his interpretation of the visual, he assumes semiotic contexts, in which any kind of pictorial expression is arrested. The pictures and visuality are translated into a „language“ and understood as a cultural narrative. He sees his photographs as a Chronicler‘s work, a cognitive process for situations, people and objects - embedded in their surroundings. A form of visual cartography, without pretense of scientific values, but deeply elaborated. These parameters are threaded through his entire work in recent years, in his free-artistic projects, as well as in his assignments in the editorial field.

After graduating, Matthias Buenzli has been working for over two decades as a freelance photographer, focusing on Editorial and Commercial photography for clients both domestically and internationally. In more recent years, he has embraced Computer Generated Imagery, culminating in his 2021 graduation as a CG Visual Artist after three years of dedicated study. Alongside his commercial photography, he has also showcased his artistic and travel photography through participation in several exhibitions.

Since 2007 he has been teaching Photography at the Zurich University of Arts (ZHdK), primarily in the Department of Visual Communication and additionally for Knowledge Visualization and Master Design Studies . Beyond his role at ZHdK, he holds guest lectureships at prestigious institutions including the Bezalel Academy of Arts in Jerusalem among others and permanent guest lecturer positions at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts as well as at the Zhong-Zheng Art college in Taipei, Taiwan.

Matthias is a permanent jury member for Harbour Club to review and rate the "100 most beautiful annual reports of Switzerland".

Beside this he is a member of the “Swiss Association of Professional Photographers and Film Creators”, SBF.

He also served as a founding board member of the Swiss based Alpha Foundation, an organization that advocates for innovative learning approaches, education systems, technologies, and various forms of social coexistence.

Matthias Buenzli is oscillating between Zurich and Tel Aviv, his second living place.

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