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On the road with the piste patrollers (Daily Life 2025, by Dominic Steinmann) - Swiss Press Award

Albert "Bärti" Hegner, Rettungschef der Saastal Bergbahnen AG und ein weiterer Patrouilleur wirft ein Lawinensprengstoff Tovex der Explosif SA Gamsen aus einem Helikopter der Air Zermatt, oberhalb der Bergstation der Felskinn-Seilbahn, während der Reportage über die Pistenpatrouilleure, in Saas-Fee, um 07:25 Uhr, am Montag, 12. Februar 2024.
Dominic Steinmann
Albert "Bärti" Hegner, Rettungschef der Saastal Bergbahnen AG und ein weiterer Patrouilleur wirft ein Lawinensprengstoff Tovex der Explosif SA Gamsen aus einem Helikopter der Air Zermatt, oberhalb der Bergstation der Felskinn-Seilbahn, während der Reportage über die Pistenpatrouilleure, in Saas-Fee, um 07:25 Uhr, am Montag, 12. Februar 2024.
Photo / Daily Life
2025

On the road with the piste patrollers

Dominic Steinmann

Ski patrollers blast avalanches, repair injuries, and save lives. It's peak season in the ski resorts, thousands of skiers are out and about, and the mountain regions generate millions in revenue. For those responsible for safety and rescue on the slopes, this means long and hard days.

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On the road with the piste patrollers

Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Photo / Daily Life
2025

Dominic Steinmann

Ski patrollers blast avalanches, repair injuries, and save lives. It's peak season in the ski resorts, thousands of skiers are out and about, and the mountain regions generate millions in revenue. For those responsible for safety and rescue on the slopes, this means long and hard days.

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Dominic Steinmann / Swiss Press Award

Dominic Steinmann

Press & Editorial Photographer, Brig-Glis, 1988

I attended the Press & Editorial Photography course at the Falmouth University in Great Britain and received a Bachelors degree in Science of Business Administration. After an intense internship as wire photographer for the press photo agency KEYSTONE-SDA and likewise as staff photographer at the renowned Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ, today I'm working as a freelance photographer for national and international newspapers, magazines, companies and agencies. As a Swiss country bumpkin I grew up in a remote alpine environment.

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