Deep under the legendary Gotthard pass, men and their giant machines toil day and night on the site of the world’s longest tunnel.
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As a photo editor I am responsible for the editorial use of photography at SWI swissinfo.ch and our collaborations with photographers. When the opportunity arises, I take a camera and accompany one of our journalists.
I trained as a photographer in Zürich and began working as a photojournalist in 1989. I was a founder of the Swiss photographers' agency Lookat Photos in 1990. A two-time World Press Award winner, I have also been awarded several Swiss national scholarships. My work has been widely exhibited and it is represented in various collections.
While we are sleeping at night, they dig. On Sundays, when we are reading the paper, they dig. When we’re on holiday, lying on the beach… they’re digging. Three shifts, 24 hours a day.
Thomas Kern took his camera and microphone and recorded the tunnelers as they worked.
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