Portrait of a Hidden World. Rough and down-to-earth, engaging and contemplative, Vanessa Püntener conveys to the viewer the alpine environment and the people who have dedicated themselves to this life. There is a mountain, shrouded in clouds, yet sprinkled here and there with lush green wherever the sun manages to break through. There is a shed, huddled against a rock for protection from the wind and weather. A simply set table, an old television, and outside, the rubber boots. Vanessa Püntener's photographs are as unpretentious as her subject, and like the people she portrays, her images seem to emanate a deep inner glow. In them, we experience life in the Alps as a world with its own rhythm, full of tranquility, but also marked by hard work and uncertainties.