First edition ofOn Duty / Im Dienst / En Service by Arnold Odermatt (2006)

First impression

Large format hardback in fine condition

Please note that the book is brand new and unread and has been removed from shrinkwrap only to be photograph, however, there is some veryslight toning to extremities of pages

Some very slight toning and wear to dust jacket, now in a removable protective sleeve

Otherwise, pages clean, binding firm

Text in English, German and French

Published by Steidl

About

Police officer and photographer Arnold Odermatt became famous in his retirement on the publication of Karambolage, his photographic journal about the traffic accidents that were part of his professional life in the Swiss canton of Nidwalden.

The small police force in the Nidwalden communities was worried about who could take over its work. The village youth did not see themselves wearing uniforms and walking the beat. On Duty is Odermatt’s attempt to disabuse them of their misconceptions. He sent his colleagues to the barber shop and theatrically recreated the adventure in their daily routines.

This book is a compelling sequence of colourful tableaux and a document and insight to a hidden world.