Walter Mittelholzer

20 lug — 7 ott 2018 presso il National Museum Zurich a Zurigo, Svizzera

27 settembre 2018

Mittelholzer’s lens captured these impressive wind-sculpted sand dunes in the Sahara (circa 1930). ETH Library, Zurich

Walter Mittelholzer fu pilota, scrittore, imprenditore, personaggio mediatico, cofondatore di Swissair e fotografo.

Originario di San Gallo, fu un uomo dai mille talenti che sapeva vendersi con la massima disinvoltura. Grazie a uno spiccato senso per gli affari e a una grande fiducia in se stesso, scrisse libri e reportage, realizzò film e scattò innumerevoli fotografie di paesaggi con la prospettiva «a volo d’uccello».

Al Museo nazionale è possibile ammirare parte delle sue realizzazioni.

National Museum Zurich

Le mostre permanenti presso i musei presentano la storia svizzera dagli inizi al presente e offrono una panoramica delle identità svizzere e del ricco arazzo della storia e della cultura del nostro paese.

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Location

Zurigo, Svizzera

This photo of the north face of the Eiger appears in Alpenflug, a book by Mittelholzer published in 1928. He took the picture in 1919 at an altitude of 3800 metres.
ETH Library, Zurich

The pilot and entrepreneur Walter Mittelholzer, born in St. Gallen in 1894, was renowned for his adventurous expedition flights. ETH Library, Zurich

In his domestic flights Mittelholzer also recorded images of urban infrastructure, in this case the road bridge in Pérolles, Fribourg (1926).ETH Library, Zurich

This photo of the north face of the Eiger appears in Alpenflug, a book by Mittelholzer published in 1928. He took the picture in 1919 at an altitude of 3800 metres. ETH Library, Zurich
The pilot and entrepreneur Walter Mittelholzer, born in St. Gallen in 1894, was renowned for his adventurous expedition flights. ETH Library, Zurich
In his domestic flights Mittelholzer also recorded images of urban infrastructure, in this case the road bridge in Pérolles, Fribourg (1926).ETH Library, Zurich

The pilot and entrepreneur Walter Mittelholzer, born in St. Gallen in 1894, was renowned for his adventurous expedition flights. ETH Library, Zurich
In his domestic flights Mittelholzer also recorded images of urban infrastructure, in this case the road bridge in Pérolles, Fribourg (1926).ETH Library, Zurich
This photo of the north face of the Eiger appears in Alpenflug, a book by Mittelholzer published in 1928. He took the picture in 1919 at an altitude of 3800 metres. ETH Library, Zurich