Born in 1953 in Chur, Hans Danuser is a pioneer of contemporary Swiss photography. He became internationally renowned through his series “IN VIVO” (1980–89), and his work is held in collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Kunsthaus Zürich and Fotomuseum Winterthur. Danuser is a visiting professor at ETH Zurich and has lectured widely at institutions including the Academy of Fine Arts in Leipzig and Humboldt University in Berlin.