Valais

Walter Grand on his way to Leukerbad, 1947 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.
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.