Claudia Gianora
Born in the heart of the Alps, Claudia Gianora began with landscape photography before moving into storytelling and street photography. Driven by curiosity and a feel for place, she explores how light shapes human experience. In recent years, her work with drones and new technologies has led her to document construction sites across and deep within the Alps, where nature and engineering meet.
Series
photoSCHWEIZ 2026
8 images
In the Swiss Alps, the bottom outlet of a dam is renewed where cutting-edge engineering meets raw nature. Built in just a few winter months to ensure the reservoir’s refill and hydropower production, the site now lies hidden beneath the water. Silent, efficient and timeless, like a secret chapter written deep within the mountains, perhaps to be seen again in forty years.
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