Shepherd in the Verzasca valley, Ticino
(Peter Ammon)
A summer day in Valais against the backdrop of the Bietschhorn mountain
(Peter Ammon)
Making hay at Willisau in central Switzerland
(Peter Ammon)
Feeding the children in the Anniviers valley in Valais
(Peter Ammon)
Saying prayers before the potato harvest in the Lötschen valley, Valais
(Peter Ammon)
Blue bedroom, Misox valley, Graubünden
(Peter Ammon)
Barrel vault kitchen in the Engadine valley, Graubünden
(Peter Ammon)
Living room in the Verzasca valley, Ticino
(Peter Ammon)
Butcher at work in the Lower Engadine, Graubünden
(Peter Ammon)
A family lunch at Lugnez, Graubünden
(Peter Ammon)
The new baby sister
(Peter Ammon)
Milking the cows in central Switzerland
(Peter Ammon)
Peter Ammon with his Sinar camera, around 1960
Photographer Peter Ammon documents an almost forgotten world.
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Peter Ammon travelled across Switzerland in the 1950s capturing the life and work of mountain farmers on film. Back in those days his extraordinary colour pictures received hardly any recognition.
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