PUNCH

A VISUAL STORY BY JÜRGEN BÜRGIN

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PUNCH is a photography book by Jürgen Bürgin. It's an intimate and revealing journey into the world of boxing in New York, Berlin, and Lisbon.

Official Selection and Honorable Mention

International Photography Awards 2023

It’s an immersive and dark visual narrative that follows boxing fighters and clubs from the training and preparation phase to the thrill of the fight, and the moment of victory. A dramatic look into the vivid details of a classic sport, with a universal and timeless influence on popular and visual culture.

"This story never changes, and yet it never ceases to engage the eye with its infinite variations. This work is a masterful capture of light and darkness, literally and in metaphor, in a way that is both unique and in line with the great classics."

Book titled 'Punch: A Visual Story by Jürgen Bürgin' with a red and black boxing image on the cover.

128 pages, including a booklet.
Hardcover 30 x 25 cm / English
Author: Jürgen Bürgin
Texts: Jürgen Bürgin, Yuri Lopes Pereira
ISBN 978-989-53712-0-4
Release date: December 2022
€55,00

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Red-toned image of a boxer wearing a headgear on the cover of a book with a blue spine.
Boxer wearing blue gloves in the ring, receiving instructions from a coach with a crowd watching in the background.
Photograph of a male boxer in a white and red uniform, placed on a table with a water bottle and papers.
A boxer wearing a red "New York Boxing" tank top and protective headgear standing in a gym. The gym is equipped with various fitness equipment, and there is another person sitting in the background. The boxer has a tattoo on their arm.
Person reviewing a printed sheet with black and white images and text related to a visual story titled 'Punch' by Jürgen Bürgin, featuring boxing themes.
Collage of boxing scenes with a referee, boxers in the ring, and close-up of a boxer's face.
A woman standing and shouting in a crowd at an indoor event with seated spectators.
Book titled 'Punch: A Visual Story by Jürgen Bürgin' with a vivid blue and red cover.
Stack of printed pages featuring the book cover for "Punch: A Visual Story," showcasing black and white boxing imagery and text by Jürgen Bürgin and Chumbo Veloso.
Person examining a photograph of a boxing match on a table.

About the Author

Jürgen Bürgin is a photographer. He lives and works in Berlin, Germany. His work tells of special and mysterious worlds, like boxing and the circus. In his street photographs, Bürgin looks for the unusual, the poetic and the surprising in everyday life across big cities throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

His work has been exhibited in several galleries and museums around the world, including the South Street Seaport Museum in New York, the Fotogalerie Friedrichshain in Berlin, the RAW Gallery in Rotterdam, the Amerika Haus in Tübingen and the Central European House of Photography in Bratislava.

For more information about the author read Jürgen Bürgin - an interview.

Book cover featuring the word "PUNCH" vertically on a blue strip, with a red-tinted image of a boxer wearing gloves, titled "A Visual Story by Jürgen Bürgin."

PUNCH is an intimate and revealing journey into the world of boxing in New York, Berlin and Lisbon.

Author: Jürgen Bürgin  
Texts: Jürgen Bürgin, Yuri Lopes Pereira  
©chumbo, december 2022
€55,00
Tax included