Poste mon amour

The post office – for those who live in Switzerland a treasured and ubiquitous feature of daily life – has developed in the cities into a complex service center, while in the country it has often become superfluous as a result of the changing economy and new means of communication. We find ourselves having to say good-bye to many rural post offices, which have long been not only one of the characteristic forms of Swiss service but also a typical expression of the aesthetic of our everyday lives. Jean Luc Cramatte’s photographs of numerous post offices, taken after closing time, are cheerful and unpretentious – the mail has already been sent or has already arrived.