The Switzerland trip began as an opportunity to go and visit an old friend, and morphed into a parallel opportunity to go and fulfil every cliché about Switzerland that we could haphazardly compile into a list. Skiing, snow capped mountains fondant, pristine hillside country and the clean, regimented furore of Zurich were what we expected, and most of that didn’t happen or changed. It was a great time just the same. Myself and good friend Madison would fly out together, to be met by our old university hall-mate Laura.
I shot all of these pictures exclusively in medium format, here below is a brief window into our time in Switzerland.
On the very first evening, we were welcomed with this enormous expanse of fire tinted sky. (F) Fuji VelviaSt. Galen is the kind of place where the richly cultured and historic Switzerland is reconciled with the modern energy and relentless pace of the country’s large cities. This is one of the towns University buildings. (F) Fuji VelviaAppenzell is a fiercely traditional, back-looking town, where centuries old traditions of community and beer making are lovingly upheld. (F) Fuji VelviaThe rural area surrounding the town of Horn and banking Lake Constance is fertile in every sense. There are orchards and groves in every direction you look, separated only by little fields and an occasional house. (F) Fuji VelviaEvery night there was a show of exquisite colours, as the sun disappeared somewhere behind the distant western hills. (F) Fuji VelviaThe fine sliver of land that you can see on the horizon with a clear afternoon is the edge of Germany. (F) Fuji VelviaAlong the way, we met up with fellow old block-mate Axl, who was accompanying a friend on a European road trip. Axl and Madison, in a state of recovery from the night before. (F) Kodak PortraRail travel is incredibly popular in Switzerland. Trains are christened with individual names when they come into service, and each one finds home in a different town, in a kind of anthropomorphic ritual. (F) Kodak PortraOur wonderful hostess Laura at the observation point, reaching out behind her is the city of Zurich. (F) Kodak PortraLake Zurich disappears off into the haze. (F) Kodak PortraIts a very long way down from the Uetliberg observation tower. (F) Kodak Portra
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