He made portraits of Muhammad Ali, Clint Eastwood, Karl Lagerfeld and Patti Smith.

From 1959 onwards, Eric Bachmann was involved in setting up the photography department of the Swiss television DRS.

He documented Albert Schweitzer's funeral in Lambarene, the Rwandan genocide and numerous underwater expeditions in the Red Sea.

[4] In December 1971, Muhammad Ali visited Zürich to compete in a prize fight against German Jürgen Blin.

Bachmann accompanied Muhammad Ali during ten days, even during training sessions on the snow covered Uetliberg.