On Duty / Im Dienst / En Service
2006
$115.00
First edition of On Duty / Im Dienst / En Service by Arnold Odermatt (2006)
First impression
Large format hardback in fine condition
Please note that the book is brand new and unread and has been removed from shrinkwrap only to be photograph, however, there is some very slight toning to extremities of pages
Some very slight toning and wear to dust jacket, now in a removable protective sleeve
Otherwise, pages clean, binding firm
Text in English, German and French
Published by Steidl
About
Police officer and photographer Arnold Odermatt became famous in his retirement on the publication of Karambolage, his photographic journal about the traffic accidents that were part of his professional life in the Swiss canton of Nidwalden.
The small police force in the Nidwalden communities was worried about who could take over its work. The village youth did not see themselves wearing uniforms and walking the beat. On Duty is Odermatt's attempt to disabuse them of their misconceptions. He sent his colleagues to the barber shop and theatrically recreated the adventure in their daily routines.
This book is a compelling sequence of colourful tableaux and a document and insight to a hidden world.
