The Peasants, Switzerland, 1994
“This work on peasants comes from afar. It is an opportunity for Hugues de Wurstemberger to recall how much his work is determined by his childhood, his family, the land of the mountain pastures with which he has an almost carnal relationship. For Wurstemberger, this was his first way of greeting the mountain farmers, shaken by modernization, these “good people”, whose daily gestures, customs, leisure activities and struggles he scrutinizes. (…)“
Michel Guerrin (Au-delà de l’évidence, éditions La Sarine, 1996)