Walter Gaberthuel, EFIAP, MPSA, GPU3CR

Country: Italy

Switzerland, 1948: Walter meets his first light. In his youth, he is an engaged and skilful athlete but photography will very soon become his most favorite activity.
In 1980 he makes his debut with sports pictures and achieves many triumphs since his first participation to national and international contests. He is member of the PSA since 1981.
In the year 1986 he received the AFIAP and 1990 the EFIAP award. He achieves his artistic ability tackling also with infrared landscape pictures. Italy, since 1992 his second homeland, offers him a natural universe to be transfigured in dreamlike and lyric visions.
In the year 2000 he has won for Italy the World Cup for black and white Photos and in 2001 he has repeated this achievement with the Italian team and also as Best Artist for coloured photos.
Many of his works are published all over the world, he has achieved such a success  to enable him to publish his first book of black and white photos under the title of “Views and Visions” with lyrics by Timur Lenk in Italian, English and German, and in the year 2010 a book with 180 coloured photos of landscapes under “Terre della Pergola”. Many expositions in all Europe confirm his artistic value.
Since 2005 he is bearer of the title PPSA, since 2012 EPSA and since 2014 MPSA.