©Beat Schweizer
Expositions du 6/2/2015 au 8/3/2015 Terminé
The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography Bolotnaya naberezhnaya 3 b. 1 119072 Moscow Russie
Beat Schweizer is a reputed photographer who has been working with the most influential publications such as The Guardian and Die Zeit. Urs Mannhart is a writer and author of the novel «Lynx» that has become bestseller and was translated into Russian by Svyatoslav Gorodetsky. Together they decided to travel throught Norilsk to Dikson — the northernmost hardly reachable settlement in Russia. Their journey to Dikson has resulted in Mannhart's novel and their exhibit «Dikson. Frostgrenze» that reflexts routine life of a town beyond the Arctic Circle.The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography Bolotnaya naberezhnaya 3 b. 1 119072 Moscow Russie
©Beat Schweizer
This series from Dikson (2013) has been exhibitited in Krasnoyarsk and Vladivostok in the frame of «Swiss Made in Russia. Contemporary Culture Exchanges 2013-2015» Programme of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia; in Orenburg under the auspices of the 200th anniversary celebration of establishing diplomatic relations between Russia and Switzerland, and at the Photoforum Pasquart 2014 in Biel, Switzerland. The «Dikson. Frostgrenze» series won third price at «EWZ Selection. Swiss photo award» in 2014.
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