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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