Werner Bischof//Werner Bischof (26 April 1916 – 16 May 1954) was a Swiss photographer and photojournalist. He became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1949, the first new photographer to join its original founders.[/]Bischoff's book Japan (1954) was awarded the Prix Nadar in 1955./From 1939 on, he worked as an independent photographer for various magazines,in particular, du, based in Zürich. He travelled extensively from 1945 to 1949 through nearly all European countries from France to Romania and from Norway to Greece.