Paul Senn
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Sunbathing, Coney Island, New York, 1946 -
Beach life, Coney Island, New York, 1946 -
Swiss farmers abroad, United States, 1946 -
Village inn in the Emmental, canton Bern, about 1935 -
Lunch in a mountain school in Adelboden, Bernese Oberland, 1935 -
Saying goodbye, mobilisation, Bern, September 2, 1939 -
Unemployed drivers, Winterthur, 1941 -
Child refugee in the Rivesaltes camp, France, 1942 -
Boy in an Afro-American school, New Berne, United States, 1946 -
Grand Canyon, 1946
A comprehensive restrospective of the Swiss photo reporter
This content was published on December 10, 2007
Paul Senn, who was a photojournalist for the Zürcher Illustrierte, DU and more than 40 other Swiss and foreign magazines, is renowned as a major chronicler of everyday Swiss life in the war and crisis years between 1930 and 1950. But Senn was much more: he was a pioneer of colour photography and a socially-committed reporter in Europe and the United States.
(All pictures: Paul Senn/FFV/KMB, Dep. GKS. © GKS.)
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