Ernst Baumann influenced photography in the 30s with his visually dramatic mountain landscapes. Reflecting the myths of the mountains, the book shows his collaboration as a still photographer with Luis Trenker and provides a critical insight into the world of a professional photographer. Dramatic light and shadow effects of everyday scenes, which remind one of the principles of Bauhaus-photography, are part of his work as well as an affirmative representation of an intact world which he made for magazines of his time.

Ernst Baumann, *1906 in Bad Reichenhall, Germany. †1985.