Vintage Photographs Document the Defiant Street Styles Of Swiss Rebel Youth From The Late 1950s Through The ’60s – Design You Trust

Vintage Photographs Document the Defiant Street Styles Of Swiss Rebel Youth From The Late 1950s Through The ’60s

Karlheinz Weinberger (1921-2006). Living in Zurich, Switzerland, Weinberger was a self-taught “amateur” photographer whose day job working in a factory warehouse allowed him to pursue photography seriously in his free time. In the late 1940s Weinberger began to publish his pictures for a gay magazine using the pseudonym of Jim, and later was a freelance photographer for a Swiss sports magazine. Working in relative obscurity, Weinberger produced all the prints featured in this exhibition in his home darkroom, and these have remained inaccessible until recent years.

According to The Selvedge Yard, in 1958, Karlheinz Weinberger met a member of a small band of teenagers and began photographing them both at his home studio as well as at the public parks and carnivals where they gathered. In post war Switzerland, these self-named “rebels” were comprised of working class boys and girls dissatisfied with the conservative and conforming culture of the day. Inventing their own code of behavior and dress they affected a powerful gang identity expressed by an affinity for like-minded American imports such as James Dean, Elvis, blue jeans and motorbikes.

Later, in the mid-60s, the rebels dissipated both physically and in spirit, while others carried on their youthful resistance to the status quo, forming clubs of “rockers” and “bikers” that Weinberger followed with his camera on their outings into the Swiss countryside. Their retreat from the urban setting to a self-imposed isolation in nature embodied a more inward revolt, one of self-destructiveness and self-mutilation.

h/t: vintag.es
























If you want more awesome content, subscribe to 'Oh, Design You Trust,' our brand new Facebook page! Trust me, you won't be disappointed.

More Inspiring Stories

These Are The Spectacular Winning Photos In The 2017 Best Aerial Photography Contest
Rare Photos Of 19-Year-Old Prince Outside Minneapolis’ Old Schmitt Music Headquarters In 1977
Stylish New Yorkers Pose For Portraits With Their Bikes
Majestic Natural Landscape Photography By Alexandros Malapetsas
"A Magnificent Sculptures By Nature": Otherworldly 'Earth Pyramids' Captured In The Foggy Early Morning Light By Photographer Kilian Schönberger
Beautiful Vintage Noir Photos Of New York City In The 1940s
Sparkling City Of Moscow Celebrates Orthodox Christmas In A Magical Flurry Of Snow And Light
A Man Studied Photography In Prison. These Are The Photos He Took When He Got Out.
Photographer Andrei Mihai Captures The Little Ballerina Levitating On The Streets Of Bucharest
Stunning Photographs Taken By Stanley Kubrick That Capture Street Scenes of New York City In The 1940s
Belgian Man Discovered Stash Of Cars Hidden In Abandoned Quarry Since World War II
Incredible Photographs Of The Old Closes And Streets Of Glasgow From Between 1868 And 1877
Fantastic Aerial Photos of Beautiful Botswana by Zack Seckler
Futuristic Images Of Tokyo Which Trapped Two Photographers
Photographer Sally Mann Wins 2021 Prix Pictet for Series on Wildfires
These Guys Hide A Dildo In Every Instagram Picture
Photographer Travels Across Russia and Captures Forgotten Artefacts Of The Post-Soviet Era
5 Ridiculously Pretty Sisters Thank Their Parents for Their Expensive Weddings With a Photoshoot
Stunning Vintage Photos Of Swimming In New York’s Open Air Pools In 1930s
"Dancers & Dogs": Photographer Duo Captures The Relationship Between Dancers And Their Pups
"Just Another Day In L.A.": Photographer Captures Fantastic Aerial Shots Of Los Angeles
The Extending Mini-Skirts In Paris In The Mid-1960s
Dad Creates A Springtime Pregnancy Photoshoot Parody
"Transmetropolitan": Photographer Omi Kim Explores Neon Streets Of Cyberpunk Japan