Poste mon amour Cover

Jean-Luc Cramatte

Poste mon amour

The post office – for those who live in Switzerland a treasured and ubiquitous feature of daily life – has developed in the cities into a complex service center, while in the country it has often become superfluous as a result of the changing economy and communication behaviour.

We are taking leave of many rural post offices as a characteristic form of Swiss service, but also of a typical testimony to our everyday aesthetics. Unpretentious and tidy are Jean-Luc Cramatte's photographs of numerous post offices, taken after the counters have closed – the mail has been sent or arrived.

The post office – for those who live in Switzerland a treasured and ubiquitous feature of daily life – has developed in the cities into a complex service center, while in the country it has often become superfluous as a result of the changing economy and communication behaviour.

We are taking leave of many rural post offices as a characteristic form of Swiss service, but also of a typical testimony to our everyday aesthetics. Unpretentious and tidy are Jean-Luc Cramatte's photographs of numerous post offices, taken after the counters have closed – the mail has been sent or arrived.

Author(s): Jean-Luc Cramatte

16,5 x 22 cm, 6 ½ x 8 ½ in

248 pages, 178 illustrations

hardback

2008, 978-3-03778-095-4, German
English
French
CHF 55.00
Out of print

Jean-Luc Cramatte

The photographer Jean-Luc Cramatte, born 1959, lives and works in Fribourg, Switzerland. With his camera he captured impressions from places like Africa and Cuba, but also typically Swiss moments. His work has been exhibite and published many times.