mail@christianknorr.com
Tel. +41 76 593 23 44

See collaborative work with Helvetia Leal:
www.knorrleal.com

After graduating photography class in Vevey (cepv), Switzerland, I moved to Paris focusing on fashion photography in the early 00s. But already then, portraiture was important to me and influenced my fashion imagery: I mixed friends with agency models for the cast and I was always out for an informal Sunday-afternoon-atmosphere.

Later, when I completely shifted to portrait photography, teaching became also part of my life, and since then continously changes the way how I comprehended my job as a photographer.

Since my first steps in photogtaphy, my interests revolve around humans. I love portraying architecture (particularly what is being called urban landscapes), but I mostly feel attracted by and committed to people, to the fragile endeavor of depicting them.

Since the mid-2000s I live between Basel, Switzerland, and Paris.

Editorial clients include: Das Magazin, NZZ, Annabelle, Du, Kinki, Der Die Das, Bilanz, Bolero (Swi), Die Zeit (Ger), Camera Austria (Aut), Jalouse, Le Monde, Mademoiselle Technikart, Crash, Glamour France, 20 Ans (Fra), Code (NL), Spin (USA), Composite, Studio Voice (JP), Collezioni Sport&Sreet (ITA), Fascion (Swe)

Institutional and commercial clients include: Theater Basel, Universität Bern, Universität Zürich, Universität Basel, Abteilung Kultur Basel-Stadt, Erziehungsdirektion Kanton Bern, eikones Iconic Criticism, Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft, Museen Basel, Museum für Kommunikation, Fondation Beyeler, Büro Z, Conen Sigl Archtitects, Emil Merz, Le Tanneur, Galaxus Mobile, tcs, Sunrise, Zürcher Kantonalbank, SBB, Tamedia, IBM Annual Report, Maison Martin Margiela, Open Interactive