Manuel Walser

Manuel Walser

Manuel Walser is a historian and archaeologist. He works as a scientific project leader at the Cantonal Archaeology department Zurich.

Eric Bachmann: the intrepid photographer and how he found fame

Manuel Walser 30.06.2025 Photographer Eric Bachmann (1940-2019) shaped the perception of many events in recent Swiss history through his pictures and themes. One of his standout projects was his coverage of the 1968 Globus riots in Zurich and the unique way it combined informative value with aesthetic quality.
The Zurich police cordoned off Bahnhofbrücke in the evening of 29 June 1968. Facing them were about 2,000 people demonstrating for an independent youth centre in the temporary Globus building. Eric Bachmann’s photo was coloured by hand by photographer Barbara Davatz about ten years later.