Photographer and publisher Fernand Rausser dies
Bern-based photographer and publisher Fernand Rausser has died. Rausser, who began his career as a photographer for publications such as *Ferment*, *CH-Magazin*, and *Die Woche*, died on Good Friday at the age of 89, his family announced on Wednesday.
As a freelance photographer, Rausser illustrated a large number of photo books from the 1950s onwards, including for the Mondo publishing house, and took photographs for major Swiss companies such as SBB, Nestlé and Swissair. He received several awards for his photographs, including the Paul Haupt Prize. In 2002, for example, Rausser published the trilingual publication "Bern/Berne - Kaleidoscope of a Canton" and in 2003 founded his own publishing house called Wegwarte in the Bernese suburb of Bolligen. Rausser was also active as a cartoonist, illustrator and painter. In 1996, a book dedicated to Rausser's work was published under the title "Augenblicke - Der Fotograf Fernand Sepp Rausser". (SDA)
Photo: BZ Berner Zeitung
