Looking for Light
Looking for Light A collection of photographs by students at
The American School of Switzerland made during 2019 Fall Academic Travel.
Cover Photo by Alessandro Carlesimo '22 (Venice, Italy)
Photo by Mislav Ilijas '20 (Zurich, Switzerland)
The camera is an excuse to be
someplace you
otherwise don’t
belong. It gives me
both a point of
connection and a
point of separation. — Susan Meiselas
Photo by Zoe Song '20 (Vienna, Austria)
Photo by Mislav Ilijas '20 (Zurich, Switzerland)
Photography takes an
instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.
— Dorthea Lange
Photo by Renata Sanchez '21 (Venice, Italy)
Photo by Ben Carlson-Peters '21 (Venice, Italy)
Photo by Tim Dreier '20 (Venice, Italy)
I love the people I photograph. I mean, they’re my
friends. I’ve never met most of them or I don’t know them at all, yet through my images I live with them.
— Bruce Gilden
Photo by Daisy Bachofen '20 (Venice, Italy)
Photo by Tim Dreier '20 (Venice, Italy)
Photo by Ole Strauss '21 (Venice, Italy)
Photo by Bella Worrell '20 (Venice, Italy)
Photo by Martina Pisa '22 (Venice, Italy)
Photo by Kelly Zhao '21 (Azores)
Photo by Daisy Bachofen '20 (Venice, Italy)
Photo by Zoe Song '20 (Vienna, Austria)
To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding
something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and
everything to do with
the way you see them.
— Elliott Erwitt
Photo by Carolina Pirez '21 (Salamanca, Spain)
Photo by Madeleine Ringelstein '20 (New York City)
Photo by Alex Stanford '21 (Venice, Italy)
Ben Carlson-Peters '21 (Venice, Italy)
Renata Sanchez '21 (Venice, Italy)
The marvels of daily life are exciting; no
movie director can arrange the
unexpected that you find in the street.
— Robert Doisneau
Photo by Daisy Bachofen '20 (Venice, Italy)
Photo by Elia Sato '21 (Venice, Italy)
Photo by Elia Sato '21 (Venice, Italy)
Photo by Madeleine Ringelstein '20 (New York City)
The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a
lightning instant of giveand-take, just long
enough for you to level
the camera and to trap
the fleeting prey in your
little box.
— Henri Cartier-Bresson
Photo by Hajira Qureshi '21(Vienna, Austria)
Photo by Alex Stanford '21 (Venice, Italy)
Photo by Andrea Sun '21 (Venice, Italy)
Photo by Huize Song '20 (Vienna, Austria)
Photo by Alessandro Carlesimo '22 (Venice, Italy)