A commissioned film for Schweizerischer Werkbund (SWB), Die neue Wohnung was produced for the Basel architectural and interior design exhibition, WOBA, to demonstrate innovative aspects of modern architecture and highlight their differences from the event’s highly conservative approach. Despite its ad campaign roots, Richter's touch is not absent; The surviving version, aimed at a "bourgeois" Swiss public, presents decluttered, functional architecture and decor as superior to the traditional and luxurious "ancient" ways of living.
A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a t...
Women getting onto a rickshaw.
A very graceful dance with voluminous draperies, by Annabelle Moore, well-known on the metropolitan ...
Marquesas in their sedan chairs.
A crowd of spectators listen to President William McKinley's speech during his inauguration ceremony...
People gather at the exit of the St. Trophime cathedral in Arles.
Pedestrian and various vehicles traffic on Place Bellecour, in Lyon.
Horses and their riders make their way into the compact and agitated crowd of spectators.
The main market square in the heart of Brussels.
Coach W. Hickenbotham takes "Newhaven" out of his box and places the horse at the center of the padd...
Panorama during the ascent of the Eiffel Tower.
A street scene in Berlin near Hallesches Tor.
A street scene with a government building in the background.
Carrara, Italy. A train loaded with marble exits a tunnel.
A small boat is approaching waterfalls, shrouded in thick fog, in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerlan...
A group of women dressed up as Commedia dell'Arte characters dance together.