René Groebli
Its friends, well-known Swiss photographers Jakob Tuggener and Robert Frank had large influence on the early photographic work René Groeblis. The subjectivity in Robert Franks work busy René Groebli and led it to its own subjective-poetic picture language. Groebli wanted to photograph, what is not visible: Movement, dynamics and speed as with the "Rail Magic", a trailblazing photo essay, which was 1949 developed and in an interaction of smoke, smell, landscape, romance and tendency the French steam railway has feelings as symbol of the strength symbol light and as with "The Eye of Love", a photographic dear poem, a work of fully timeless poetry, which 1953 developed.

Also the photographer Edward Steichen, at that time already curator at the museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, was impressed of the series "Eye of Love", which 1954 appeared as small book in an edition from 1000 pieces. Together with Robert Frank came Edward Steichen 1953 to Zurich, in order to investigate for its large exhibition project "The Family of Man". Steichen visited that at that time 26 year old photographer Groebli, whose sitting act from the available series he acquired immediately for the renowned photographic collection of the MoMA. In addition Groebli was invited from him to participate in the show "Family of Man".
The late wedding journey of René Groebli and his Mrs. Rita in the year 1953 led the two to Paris and Southern France. The series developed there is a concentration on a temporally short and emotional situation. The pictures captivate the play with the silhouette, the absorbed light, the deep shade, the contrast of sharpness and unsharpness, veiling and revealing by the beauty of the movements. They live on the suggestion and the association. One sees still life, a interieur of the hotel room, a view from the window, a scene in the neighbouring cafe - however in the center stands for something, which the photographer with the eyes of the love regards: his wife. Rita.
(excerpts from the accompanying text in the Reprint, 2002 "The eye of Love" of Birgit Filzmaier)

1951 - Saarbrücken - subjektive Fotografie
1952 - Luzern - Weltausstellung Photographie
1955 - MOMA, New York - Family of Man
1974 - Kunsthaus Zürich
1978 - Arles RIP
1981 - Essen, Museum Folkwang, Collection Otto Steinert
1990 - Paris, Centre National de la Photo
1991 - Tarazona, Spain
1992 - Genf, Centre de la Photographie
1992 - Paris, Mois de la Photo
1993 - Cottbus, Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen
1998 - Paris, Galerie Camera Obscura
1999 - Kunsthaus Zürich - retrospective
2002 - Lausanne, Musée de l´Elysée
2002 - Zürich, Nikon Image House
2003 - Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2005 - in focus Galerie, Köln
2005 - Kecskemet, Ungarn, Ungarnisches Fotomuseum
2006 - Leipzig, Foto und Kameramuseum kuratiert von in focus Galerie, Köln
2006 - Cologne Fine Art mit in focus Galerie, Köln 
2009 - in focus Galerie, Köln - Retrospektive

René Groebli - Catalogs, Monographs, DVD:

1949 René Groebli, "Magie der Schiene", Zürich
1954 René Groebli, "Das Auge der Liebe" Zürich
1965 René Groebli, Variation I, CH, GB, USA
1971 René Groebli, Variation II, CH, GB, USA
1992 René Groebli, Visionen, Sulgen - Schweiz
1995 René Groebli, Magie du Rail, Photoarchives 2, Neuchatel, Schweiz
2000 René Groebli, Irland, Schweiz
2002 René Groebli, The eye of love, Reprint von 1954
2006 René Groebli, Rail Magic, Zürich
2007 René Groebli, Magie aus der Dunkelkammer, DVD von Phil Dänzer, 50 Min, gesendet SF und 3Sat