Expertise: Reportage- and Portraitphotography. Initials: tke
Thomas Kern was born in Switzerland in 1965. Trained as a photographer in Zürich, he started working as a photojournalist in 1989. He was a founder of the Swiss photographers agency Lookat Photos in 1990. Thomas Kern has won twice a World Press Award and has been awarded several Swiss national scholarships. His work has been widely exhibited and it is represented in various collections.
Obituary: influential Swiss graphic artist Roger Pfund
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Roger Pfund, who has died aged 80, was a Swiss painter, graphic artist and designer, best known for his designs of international banknotes and the Swiss passport.
Switzerland, an unsuspected hub for international cocaine trafficking
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Basel and its ports on the Rhine are one of the access points for cocaine arriving in the major Northern European seaports.
Islam Alijaj: the Swiss politician preparing for a ‘disability revolution’
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Islam Alijaj has cerebral palsy and is the first member of parliament with an Albanian background. He ran with the self-confident slogan "Making history".
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From natural disasters to human-created drama, here are some of the most eye-catching and memorable images from the past 12 months in Switzerland.
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Swiss hip hop, sung in dialect, has finally broken into the charts in Germany. It also exists in English, Spanish and even Papiamentu.
‘Sabotage everywhere’: at the Swiss birthplace of global anarchism
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Thousands of anarchists made the pilgrimage to the small town of St-Imier for “Anarchy 2023”. Their positions, for example on Ukraine, differ widely.
Uriel Orlow, the globetrotting artist who whispers to ghosts
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One of the winners of this year’s Prix Meret Oppenheim, Uriel Orlow’s "Swissness" is only one element in an enthrallingly complex life.
Raiffeisen Square should change name over anti-Semitic concerns, say historians
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Activists say a square in St Gallen in eastern Switzerland dedicated to the German founder of the cooperative Raiffeisen banks should be renamed.
‘Super Erdogan’ – on the trail of propaganda fantasy
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Geneva-based photographer Nicolas Righetti explains the process behind his latest book, “Superdogan”, about the image of the Turkish president.
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The ailing Swiss bank and its image look set to slowly fade from our collective memory after the shock announcement of a UBS takeover.
The Swiss start-ups embracing the cooperative model
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The cooperative business model is a rare choice for Swiss entrepreneurs. SWI swissinfo.ch visits three start-ups that are bucking the trend.
Working as a lobbyist for a Swiss supermarket giant
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Martin Schläpfer was once the face of Swiss retailer Migros in the halls of parliament. He reveals the secrets to successful lobbying.
