Deriaz. La Famille Deriaz. Five Generations of Swiss Photographers by Charles-Henri Favrod.

Edition Stemmle, 1988. Hardcover with protected dust jacket, like new. 112 pages. Catalog of exhibition at International Center of Photography - Midtown, New York. With postcard invitation to preview laid in (see photo). While the first two generations of the Deriaz photographers of Switzerland are represented primarily by studio portraiture, the next three feature a mixture of portraiture and other genres of photography. Issued at $35. Summary:

a Famille Deriaz: Five Generations of Swiss Photographers by Charles-Henri Favrod (published by Edition Stemmle in 1988) chronicles the history of photography through the lens of a single Swiss family dynasty from the Vaud region. Spanning a century and a half, the book documents how the Deriaz family lived by and for the medium, adapting from early photographic processes through the developments of the 20th century. Featuring rich archival plates in black-and-white and sepia tone, the monograph serves as both a localized visual history of Switzerland and a micro-history of the evolution of professional photography itself.