Sylvan Mueller — Galerie Vitrine

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Sylvan Mueller

*1973 Born in Lucern fter his professional training as a photographer, Sylvan Müller concentrates on reportage work in among others Chernobyl, the German Democratic Republic, Ethiopia, Japan and Istanbul. In 1996, he cofounds fabrik studios with two friends and his brother. They make a name for themselves with highly precise but playful stills and work with with renowned studios in New York and their own in Switzerland for international clients. Nowadays, Sylvan Müller is working on his own again on projects dear to him. Among them food and drink and the pleasures and stories associated with them. His pictures are characterized by a unobtrusive, immensly reduced style and have been published in numerous internationally acclaimed books. His cookbooks are not simple how-tos, they are rather lovably designed accounts of people working their magic in kitchens and sitting at tables, indulging their culinary obsessions.

behind and afterwards

Is a man able to transform his self or does he remain himself in whatever role he plays? This question is on our mind every now and then. To an actress, a dancer or an opera singer it is of existential importance before they appear on stage. This process of assimilating a role and returning to “normal” life has been documented by the well-known Lucerne photographer Sylvan Müller at the Lucerne Theatre. He accompanied each of the 26 members of the ensemble during one evening. He met the actors and actresses at the access to the stage, went with them to the make-up room, attended the performance, stood behind the curtain when the final applause started and was present at the wardrobe when the tension gradually lessened and the role was put down. His reportage helps us to understand what is going on inside a person whose self is transformed into someone else time and again.

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