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An official guardian visiting a foster family in Bern, 1946 Paul Senn

Chopping wood at the Oberbipp boys' home in canton Bern, 1940 Paul Senn

A Bernese family whose three eldest children have already been placed with foster families, 1946 Paul Senn

Working at the Sonnenberg boys’ home in Lucerne, 1944 Paul Senn

A “discarded child” during a visit by the "poverty inspector" in Bern, 1940 Paul Senn

A “discarded child” gets a dental check in canton Bern, 1940 Paul Senn

Standing in front of the director of the Oberbipp boys' home in canton Bern, 1940 Paul Senn

At the Sonnenberg boys’ home in Lucerne, 1944 Paul Senn

A foster child knitting in Bern, 1946 Paul Senn

Working in the fields at the Oberbipp boys' home in canton Bern, 1940 Paul Senn

At the Sonnenberg boys’ home in Lucerne, 1944 Paul Senn

Inspecting the shoes of a “discarded child” in Bern, 1940 Paul Senn

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The exhibition Discarded Children features work by Swiss photographer Paul Senn (1901-1953). Senn’s revolutionary images of working class life around the world were published in many major newspapers.

In 1944, his reportage on the Sonnenberg boys’ home in Lucerne caused such a scandal that its director was subsequently sentenced for maltreatment. (Paul Senn, FFV, Kunstmuseum Bern, Dep. GKS. © GKS.)