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Hugo Jaeggi (Hugo Josef Jaeggi) was born on 15 May, 1936 in Solothurn, Switzerland, is a Swiss photographer (1936–2018). Discover Hugo Jaeggi's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 82 years old?

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Occupation Photographer
Age 82 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 15 May, 1936
Birthday 15 May
Birthplace Solothurn, Switzerland
Date of death 23 August, 2018
Died Place Burg im Leimental, Switzerland
Nationality Switzerland

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1936

Hugo Josef Jaeggi (15 May 1936 – 23 August 2018) was a Swiss photographer.

1953

Hugo Jaeggi completed his professional apprenticeship as a photographer with Ernst Räss from 1953 to 1956 in Solothurn after completing high school in 1953.

1958

In the period from 1958 to 1959 he worked as a cameraman for Swiss television.

1960

Hugo Jaeggi passed the master's examination in 1960.

1974

From that point on he ran his own photography business in Basel as a freelance photographer until 1974.

1983

From 1983 he lived and worked in Burg im Leimental (Canton of Basel-Landschaft).

Jaeggi was constantly dedicated to his own photo projects with high artistic standards, especially in the area of portraits.

Trips together led him – often with friend journalist Peter Jaeggi – to Guatemala, India, Belarus and African countries.

He always used these orders to create his own, very personal and mostly black and white pictures in addition to the colored "mandatory part" for the media.

While the reportage photos appeared in many different print media, including the Basler Zeitung magazine, the artist continuously completed his personal photographic work.

Jaeggi tried to capture his experiences and dreams again and again in newly composed pictures bathed in the special light.

The classic parameters of the design, a well thought-out composition and narration in several narrative levels remained essential criteria for him.

He used his tried-and-tested 35mm Leica camera with a 35 mm lens for over six decades.

"Hugo Jaeggi is also a virtuoso narrator. Above all, the encounter with people inspires him to record life stories and fates, to accompany developments, to observe changes and to think about these changes," wrote Peter Pfrunder, Director of the Fotostiftung Schweiz about Hugo Jaeggi (in: Peter Jaeggi and Peter Pfrunder (ed.), «Hugo Jaeggi. Nahe am Menschen: Fotografien», Benteli, Bern. ISBN 978-3-7165-1432-0).

2006

From 2006 Hugo Jaeggi used the digital camera to make changes in the immediate vicinity when he discovered the extraordinary nature of natural decay processes in the immediate vicinity of his house.

2016

He taught at a Rudolf Steiner school until 2016.

2017

The Fotostiftung Schweiz Winterthur archives over 600 silver gelatin prints by the artist (as of 2017).

Hugo Jaeggi's visual themes include: portrait, landscape, still life, everyday life, industry (Von Roll), work, several long-term projects, humanitarian issues and the like.

a. in Switzerland and Europe: Belarus, Czech Republic, Africa: Tanzania, Asia: India, South America: Guatemala and others.

2018

Jaeggi died of cancer in 2018 at the age of 82.

2019

In 2019, the film Zudem ist der Traum oft Realität genug on the life and work of Hugo Jaeggi, directed by Matthias Leupold and Jérôme Depierre, was released on Schweizer Fernsehen.