Georg Gerster

George Gerster (30 April 1928 – 8 February 2019) was a Swiss journalist and a pioneer aerial photographer.

In this photographic field of activity, he did substantial pioneer work in the 1950s and 1960s, respected not only for the technology and quality of his flight pictures, but above all for the universality and internationality of the topics.

Gerster's early photographic reportage and picture volumes detailed landscapes of North Africa.

In addition, he took breathtaking pictures of mountains and deserts, coasts and lakes, and agrarian and industrial landscapes.

The fact that he did not only want to make "beautiful pictures" shows in his expert and precisely investigated captions and book texts.