Mahogany motorboat under construction, black and white, Boesch, Kilchberg, corporate photography by Scanderbeg Sauer

Boesch Boats, Kilchberg, Switzerland

Boesch has been building mahogany motorboats in Kilchberg on Lake Zurich since 1920. The commission for the centenary: photographs for The Boesch Horizon, the company’s anniversary project. The Boesch Boats photography in the yard made the craft visible without explaining it: hull forms, bronze propellers, templates worn smooth by use. Three generations of the Boesch family still run the operation. Some things about the place have not changed.

The yard runs on materials and steps that have barely changed: mahogany, lacquer, bronze, hand-shaped templates. For the finished boats, the Boesch Boats photography moved onto the water; in the halls it stayed close in on surfaces and tools during work. The anniversary project carries both registers.

Part of our Industrial and Corporate & Portrait work.

CEO portrait of Markus Boesch in the boat hall, Boesch, Kilchberg, corporate photography by Scanderbeg Sauer
Mahogany hull and wooden template held in hands, Boesch, Kilchberg, corporate photography by Scanderbeg Sauer
Inspecting the fine work on a mahogany hull, black and white, Boesch, Kilchberg, corporate photography by Scanderbeg Sauer
Bronze propeller and wooden boat part held in hands, Boesch, Kilchberg, boat photography by Scanderbeg Sauer
Man beside a mahogany motorboat on a trailer outside the boatyard, Boesch, Kilchberg, corporate photography by Scanderbeg Sauer
Wooden boatbuilding templates with handwritten model names, Boesch, Kilchberg, corporate photography by Scanderbeg Sauer
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