Armed neutrality

Over the course of four years, Swiss photographer Leo Fabrizio has depicted and documented the many military strongholds scattered around the Helvetic Confederation built between 1882 and 1995.

Over the course of four years, Swiss photographer Leo Fabrizio has depicted and documented the many military strongholds scattered around the Helvetic Confederation built between 1882 and 1995. Real fortresses camouflaged amidst the rocks, hidden behind greenery and beneath improbable decorations, the Swiss bunkers, through a series of unconventional images, bear witness to an “armed neutrality” and provide a useful instrument for analysing the relationship between landscape and architecture. Already shown at the Kamel Menour gallery in Paris, the images have been brought together in a book (Bunkers, Infolio éditions, 2004). E.S.

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Armed neutrality

Over the course of four years, Swiss photographer Leo Fabrizio has depicted and documented the many military strongholds scattered around the Helvetic Confederation built between 1882 and 1995.

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