Metzgete (Daily Life and Environment 2013, by Steffen Schmidt) - Swiss Press Award

Metzgete

Steffen Schmidt

The two butchers, Benedikt and Markus, slaughter a sow in a small slaughterhouse in Thalheim, Canton Aargau, on Friday, November 23, 2012. The meat was processed the following day on a farm in Holziken, Canton Aargau, and some of it was consumed that same evening. The butcher's profession is a dying one. Due to industrial meat production, many farmers no longer know a butcher personally. (KEYSTONE/Steffen Schmidt)