BI7: VII BIENNALE DELL' IMMAGINE CHIASSO (27.11.10)

Reto is happy to announce that his series of portraits of palestinian ex fighters of the Al Aqsa Martyr Brigades in Jenin, is to be seen, among the remarkable works of collegues, at the seventh  international biennale of photography held in Chiasso (CH). The opening ceremony at "Spazio Officina" will be on saturday the 27th at 6.30 pm.

visit the official biennale website (HERE)

WORKSHOP (13.11.2010)

After my volunteering experience I found teaching is not only fun but truly interesting. I may be only a young photographer but I discovered having allready things to give and exchange with people willing to learn. So this is my very first professional workshop, about portrait. I was invited by the photo club Lugano (CH) and I am shure we are going to have a lot of fun sharing our passion.

It's funny since I also started giving some classes (not as volunteer, wich is an extraordinary evolution) to differently abled kids. I never thought teaching or working with classes could be so great. Me and teaching? I would haved laughed some years ago :)

TERRA SANTA (08.09.10)

Toghether with Aglaia, we are since long working on the exhibtion to be: "Holy Land" (original italian "Terra Santa").  As you can imagine the recent, second, longer stay in the Palestinian Occupied Territories heavily still influences our production and every day life. My pictures will be veeery classic - but in contrapposition with, some other, veeery conceptual photography.  Exploring new ways of telling the same old story! 

And of course Aglaia's feminine techniques will melt with the manly way (as she, ironically, defines) of perceiving the world through lense and technologies. It will happen in the swiss-italian canton Ticino... The flyer up here is again roughly designed by me. I'm happy with it... Now: to your agendas! See you there!

about Aglaia (here)

about a past common project (here)
infos about the gallery (here)

AMNESTY (02.08.10)

Reto in collaboration with "Amnesty International" will be at La Rotonda del Festival, Locarno. Projections of his latest reportage in the Palestinian West Bank will be shown on the 11th and 14th of august at 9 pm.

Italian article (here) and (here)

CANADA (04.07.10)

Reto's pictures "Swiss Army" are part of the "International Arts Festival" in Montréal, Canada. From the 1st of July 2010, for one month. At the Écomusée du fier monde.

The official website of the event (here)
German article (here)
The shown pictures (here)
About it in the local press (here)

EWZ SELECTION (15.02.10)

Reto is very happy to announce that the photo series "Berlin: the Death Strip Now" has been selected for this years Swiss Photo Award - ewz Selection.

You all are warmly welcome to the opening of the exhibition in Zürich 07.05.10.

As originally published on BAZ-online (here)

Photographer's choice sent to competition (here)

German article (here)     Italian article (here)

SCHWEIZER FERNSEHEN (07.05.10)

Read on André Marty's blog about the experience in Jenin (here)

"Dort versucht der Schweizer Fotograf Reto Albertalli, einer Gruppe junger Frauen nicht bloss das Bilder schiessen, sondern das sich ausdrücken näher zu bringen. Albertalli ist ein Crack, ein Profi im Umgang mit heiklen Situationen. Aber er ist eben auch ein Ausländer – und das macht es so herausfordernd. Für Schweizer und Palästinenser"

André Marty ist ein Schweizer Journalist, der seit 2004 als Korrespondent für Israel, die palästinensischen Gebiete, Libanon, Jordanien und Ägypten für das Schweizer Fernsehen arbeitet.

SLIDE NITE (12.01.10)

LOCARNO (08.2009)

"The reto" is around at the film festival. and has a couple of assignments on his agenda yet! wich is for shure reassuring.
it's summer time. spending all tis great weather in the dark photoshopping the wedding reportages. hour after hour... still with passion, still with quality. still in love with photography. and still running after bigger visions... hope seeing some of you around for a beer. cheers!

Previously on 24 (15.01.09)

in the pic: snowboard crash, or... discovering what magazines really are made for

The following takes place between...

17.59.58 I'm sitting in a bar in a typical swiss village sending out a series of 8 pictures of the ski camp with disabled people I'm doing up here as instructor... to the world press contest. It's always an exciting experience having a deadline to respect in strange situations. Wireless is working so so. That's why I can write two lines on the blog while sipping my beer... Cheers!

18.29.59 It didn t work and I didn t want to spend any more money so I m sitting in a Toyota Jeep (our cook led me), only the macbook enlightening the darkest night ,next to a hotel where I found a free whireless spot by driving around. If it was an American serial TV action drama , broadcasted by Fox, it would look rock and roll: reality is just complicated and cold hehe! Now I have to go back to the warm chalet ,to my disabled friends, for dinner.

22.38.00 Jack Bauer back in thw freezing car parked outside a hotel. Chloe O'Brian (Julien Gregorio) just called from a bar in Geneva, a bit sad but fun. World Press still not working. Cold. Captions going crazy. I m going to cry :.(

24.00.00 It finally worked after editing correctly the dates in the captions My legs are freezing and the computer's battery empty. You can see the 8 pictures on my official site...

a video to this link (HERE)

RADIO/VIDEO (04.10.08)

SSM GAZETTE out this days. Cover and a black and white photo reportage, without journalistic text, on 6 pages. A PAYED assignment done at the IFA messe in Berlin.