Peter Ammon (photographer)

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Peter Ammon (born May 12, 1924 in Lucerne ) is a Swiss photographer .

Life

Peter Ammon initially wanted to be a sculptor and therefore attended the arts and crafts school in Lucerne and the Buchbinder Bürgisser there in 1940/1941 . From 1942 he completed an apprenticeship as a photographer with the Lucerne photographer Franz Schneider . After the final examination he was in the recruit school in May / June 1945 and in active military service until the end of the war. He then worked at von Roll in der Klus near Balsthal as an industrial photographer . In 1949, at the age of almost 25, he opened his own studio in Lucerne, which he ran until 1990. In 1952 he passed the master craftsman's examination in Vevey and from 1959 he worked as a temporary vocational teacher at the Lucerne School of Trade. His clients included architects, industry, monument preservation and the theater. Since 1991 he lived in Saint-Julien-de-Peyrolas in France .

job

In the 1952s Peter Ammon came across 4 × 5 inch color films from the USA , with which he made reports on rural life in Switzerland. This work is unique in Switzerland. The first appearance of 4 × 5 inch color films in Switzerland is set to 1958. The series, created between 1952 and 1962 and consisting of 160 slides that still exist today , is therefore of great documentary and historical photographic value.

working area

Publications

Exhibitions

  • Nidwalden Museum Höfli, Stans NW 2006
  • Historical and Ethnological Museum, St.Gallen 2008/09
  • Ritterhaus Bubikon ZH 2010
  • Kunstmuseum Thun BE 2011 (group exhibition)
  • Local history museum Habkern BE 2011/12
  • Galerie F5 Luzern 2011 (group exhibition with son Emanuel and grandson Gabriel)
  • Museum Regiunal Surselva, Ilanz GR 2013/14
  • Forum of Swiss History Schwyz, (Swiss National Museum) 2016/2017
  • Museo di Blenio 2017

See also

personal data
SURNAME Ammon, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss photographer
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucerne