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February 13, 2012 | by Stephanie Borcard & Nicolas Metraux We are very pleased to be featured in Verve Photo today! Verve: endurance, fire, force, gumption, gusto, intensity, moxie, passion, spunk, stamina, strength, toughness, vigor. Photographer and photo editor Geoffrey Hiller has created Verve Photo to feature photographs and interviews by the finest contemporary image makers today. Verve Photo is a reminder of the power of the still image. Verve [...]

February 11, 2012 | By Stephanie Borcard and Nicolas Metraux – swissinfo.ch Getting advice or just eating on the street is no problem in the capital of South Korea, even when temperatures drop below zero. Swiss photographers Stéphanie Borcard und Nicolas Metraux were impressed how life and business went on despite chilling winter conditions. A tent, a few plastic tarpaulins and a couple of gas heaters are all it takes [...]

January 8, 2012 | By Stephanie Borcard and Nicolas Metraux Well, things are going fast these days! Finding sponsors, planning an exhibition, buying enough films… and PACKING !!! Here a few pics Yeeepaaaa, we’re almost there! See you soon!

November 17, 2011 | By Stephanie Borcard and Nicolas Metraux What remains when everyone has gone? Reflections on traces and memories. Swiss photographers Stéphanie Borcard and Nicolas Métraux searched in China for abandoned and empty places and spaces. Each scene appears like a stage where the actors have just left or never appeared. The analogue pictures in black and white impart a timeless atmosphere and encourage the viewer to create [...]

OPEN SHOW Switzerland #2 SHOW DATE: November 3, 2011 7:30pm to 9:30pm VENUE: Espace_L | Route des Jeunes 43, Allée G Quartier de la Praille| 1227 Carouge   Espace_L created by Leticia Maciel’s objective is to foster interaction between a number of different fields, presenting internationally renowned artists along with photographic workshops, a reading environment for the arts and a good cup of coffee. This month PRESENTERS & PROJECTS are: [...]

September 22, 2011 | By Stephanie Borcard and Nicolas Metraux A photographic travel journal across Vietnam by train. The Reunification Express – one of the slowest express trains in the world – was built by the French in 1936, destroyed during the Vietnam War and rebuilt in 1976. It links Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon. Swiss photographers Stéphanie Borcard and Nicolas Métraux were fascinated by its slow [...]

September 13, 2011 | By Stephanie Borcard and Nicolas Metraux Spread the word! Our new postcards just came out of the press… Send us your address in an e-mail and get one of them with our best wishes from Bangkok! Hurry up, we are leaving Thailand on the 17th… Please mail to: info@bm-photo.ch

September 7, 2011 | By Stephanie Borcard and Nicolas Metraux Chongqing is intersected by the Jialing River and the upper reaches of the Yangtze. The city serves as the economic centre of the Upstream Yangtze area. It is the major manufacturing centre and a transportation hub for Southwest China. Chongqing is known to be one of the four furnaces in China. But the furnace is not only about the weather: [...]

July 26, 2011 | By Stephanie Borcard and Nicolas Metraux Discover F8Magazine, an online magazine committed to photography. We had a recent interview in its #4 issue (July 20, 2011). Feel free to download it!

June 14, 2011 | By Stephanie Borcard and Nicolas Metraux Our picture Morning at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum has been chosen to be the photo of the day on FWAphoto.com.