Valais

Walter Grand on his way to Leukerbad, 1947

The village blacksmith, Jules Mathieu, 1947.

Labourer Leo Schnidrig, 1950.

On the slopes of the Varneralp, 1945

Raclette

Grape-picking season, 1950.

Bowling contest at the Alperösli, 1955.

Military service during the Second World War, 1939-1945.

Lost in literature, 1940.

Clearing a damaged jeep, 1960.

Visitors from the United States, 1955.

Railway employee Johann Stocker awaiting the next train, 1940.

A voyage back in time to Leukerbad.

This content was published on December 10, 2007 - 10:01

Between 1940 and 1960, watchmaker and amateur photographer Arnold Zwahlen (born in 1916) immortalised the inhabitants of his local village, Leukerbad, in canton Valais. His photographs are a voyage back in time to a world that has long disappeared.

The book “Arnold Zwahlen – village photographer” is published by Benteli-Verlag (Bern and Zurich) and includes an interview with writer Maurice Chappaz.

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