This information guide was published on the occasion of the WhaleForce Collective Exhibition Tour 'Child of mother nature' in Japan 2010. Organized by the WhaleForce Collective in collaboration with Hakuin Verlag, Hakuin Airlines and Embassy of Switzerland Japan.
The whale force collective, is an artist collective founded in 2009. The works of the artists are represented through photography, painting, design, illustration and installation. The members of the collective are connected to each other through their works, which symbolize aspects of youth culture like skate, pop, fashion and snowboarding.

Printed in Japan. 2010.
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Alex’s work includes sketches and drawings as well as illustration. As a passionate skateboarder and snowboarder he is closely connected to the board sports lifestyle. He has a lifelong love for the mountains and an equal fascination with the topography of urban life. Both these sources inspire his work.
He does not think and work in terms of contrasts, of 'either- or'. Instead he is inclined to the kind of art that discovers the common ground between different worlds and challenges the conventional perception of reality.
The Zine 'Between Cat and Wolf' is a summary of his most recent works and exhibitions.
Price: € 6.60

His work basically shows subcultures, be it of people like in the Zine 'Durch die Nacht' where he shows urban city youth going through the nights with drugs and chaos, but documenting also the lonely and quite moments of the lost souls.
Working on film he also captures people in their pure natural way and goes on with reportage and landscape, always keeping it tight to his own style.
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Dedicated to chaotic structures and influenced by the simple and clean lines of german photography he tries to combine these inputs info different series themes. Through his black/white photography he aims to show a combination of people, emotional moments and urban city life in a clean and simple way.
The Zine 'Hamburg is not a meal' shows pictures he took in the hanseatic city, where he lived for about 3 and a half years.
Price: € 6.60

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Since being a teenager Yves has worked as snowboard photographer and traveled the world extensively. Experiencing new cultures and documenting the lifestyle of people was his motivation throughout these times.
His travels as a winter sports nomad show the reductionist style of his photography with scenes of lone landscapes and portraits of the people he has met around the world. He is dedicated to photography, to capturing life on film through analog cameras.
The book 'Immer nie am Meer' is a documentary about the winter 2009 - 2010, including an essay of thoughts about winter from Simon Betschart.
Price: € 18

Jonas Oswald is a photographer from Zurich (SUI). His character and his experiences of life show through in the perspective and shooting style of his pictures, reflecting the relaxed and varied mix of the situations in which he finds himself. He mostly works in people photography but also sometimes does fashion photography. He is working mainly on film.
This is Jonas first Zine and called Unknown Japan, a mystical, varied Series about Japan, captured in a very own style and different view on Japan.
Price: € 6.60