Trophäen der Zeit

The story of the photographing dynasty 'Reinhard aus Sachseln', Canton Obwalden: Grandfather Joseph takes "Leidbildi" (Mission statements) of deceased contemporaries; father Sepp, known as Katastrohen-Sepp, is faster than the police on the scene; son Daniel, famous F1 photographer. The "Trophäen der Zeit" (trophies of time) are stored in the family home in Sachseln...

"Filmmakers Barbara Zürcher and Angelo A. Lüdin use the profession of photography to illustrate the history of media and technology: how the quantity of images is constantly increasing and how our handling of our own and other people's images has changed. With a fine sense, they trace the changes in the profession and lifeworld of this family from central Switzerland. We learn about the grandfather who, at the beginning of the last century, exposed one glass plate a day and see his grandson Daniel snapping a series of digital pictures within seconds."
-CINEMA