René Groebli – Das Auge der Liebe

Sturm & Drang Publishers – 2014

1000 numbered copies: 48 pages, 30 tri-tone plates; Softcover with glassine wrapped cover

First published in 1954,  Das Auge der Liebe (The Eye of Love) by the Swiss photographer René Groebli is a small book featuring images that were made during the honeymoon with his wife Rita in France. In Groebli’s own words: “I tried to convey the typical atmosphere of French hotel rooms. There were so many impressions: the poor-looking furniture in a cheap hotel, the word ‘Amors’ embroidered on the curtains. And I was in love with the girl, the girl who was my wife. I think a series of photographs should be compared with a novel or even a poem rather than a painting: let us tell something!”

Our final copies of the first extended reedition of the original 1954 book!