Roland Schneider. Zwischenzeit. (R. S. Interim)

With his "Interim"-project (1988), now an international
travelling exhibition and on show at last year's "Wichtige
Bilder" exhibition at the Zürich Museum für Gestaltung, the
Swiss photographer Roland Schneider has presented an inside view
of psychiatry. In an interview with Thilo Koenig he describes
the development of his photographic concept of a camera work
disclaiming the use of power, a development that began with his
"counter process" reaction against the strict image concept and
photo policies of Otto Steinert, his teacher of photography at
the Folkwangschule für Gestaltung in Essen, from 1960 to 1963.
Roland Schneider (1939), working since 1962 on an "Artistic
Encyclopedia on Industrial Society", now lives as a photographer
in Switzerland; since 1972 he has worked in partnership with
Franz Gloor. (Editor's introduction. The interview was done
during the preparation of the "Otto Steinert und Schüler"
exhibition at the Folkwang Museum, Essen, 1990-91).