Beat Mumenthaler is a Swiss portrait photographer whose expressive images have earned him international renown. From Switzerland’s Federal Council to mountain farmers, from Arnold Schwarzenegger to Avo Uvezian, from the last Holocaust survivors to the child refugee from Syria: the personalities photographed by Beat Mumenthaler appear natural, open and genuine.

His sensitivity and ability to form a relationship of trust and closeness with his subjects allow the photographer to produce authentic portraits. Images of individuals that convey the impression of being able to acquire a greater insight into a life. At the same time, they continually testify to a respect and love of people and their individual beauty, truth and charisma. Beat Mumenthaler captures this essence – in an uncomplicated form, often in black and white, reduced to the essential.

His work has won numerous national and international awards.