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June 1, 2011 | By Stephanie Borcard and Nicolas Metraux Front galleries on swissinfo.ch in various languages: ENGLISH Varanasi By Night DEUTSCH Nacht in Varanasi FRANCAIS Varanasi de nuit ITALIANO Varanasi, di notte ESPAÑOL Benarés, el Ganges y la noche PORTUGUES Noites en Varanasi عربي :: ليل هندي 中文 :: 夜幕下的瓦拉纳西 日本語 :: 夜のバラナシ

May 27, 2011 | By Stephanie Borcard and Nicolas Metraux This post is about Rolleiflex ressources and users guides we found on the web. Here are a few very useful links: Free camera manuals Rolleiflex manuals The Rolleiflex A-F Series and serial Numbers Four cameras, a test – Rolleiflex 2.8E 80 mm Carl Zeiss Planar, Rolleiflex 3.5E 75 mm Schneider-Kreuznach Xenotar, Hasselblad 500CM 80mm CT* Zeiss Planar, Mamiya 7 80mm [...]

May 26, 2011 | By Stephanie Borcard and Nicolas Metraux “Il commença par me parler de la mémoire des objets; il me parla avec une conviction passionnée du temps coincé entre les objets comme s’il s’agissait de quelque chose de tangible. [...] Il avait remarqué la présence d’un temps magique, poétique, indispensable que nous communiquaient les objets que nous prenions en main, que nous caressions, utilisions, les plus simples même, [...]

May 26, 2011 | By Stephanie Borcard and Nicolas Metraux We are glad to announce that one of our images has been selected to be exposed at the Toulouse photo festival – MAP11 in France. The exhibition organized by Compétence Photo can be seen on the Quai Viguerie in Toulouse until the end of May 2011. All prints are printed on canvas (200 x 120 cm).

May 14, 2011 | By Stephanie Borcard and Nicolas Metraux

April 29, 2011 | By Stephanie Borcard and Nicolas Metraux Vietnam. A country we only know through images of war. How does this land look like today? Who are the Vietnamese? The project of “The Reunification Express” came while reading our bookguide. Built by the French in 1936, destroyed during the war and rebuilt in 1976, its tracks link Hanoi to Saigon. It is one of the slowest express trains [...]

April 8, 2011 | By Stephanie Borcard and Nicolas Metraux Thoughts for Chinese artist Ai Weiwei who has been arrested in Beijing last Sunday, while he was boarding a flight to Hong Kong. More infos here:- Art and political world worried for Ai Weiwei – Ai Weiwei arrested

Front galleries on swissinfo.ch in various languages: ENGLISH Chinese Reflections DEUTSCH Pausenzeit in China FRANCAIS En Chine, l’heure de la pause ITALIANO La Cina in pausa ESPAÑOL Tiempo de ocio en China عربي :: تأملات صينية 中文 :: 和谐社会 日本語 :: 中国の休憩時間

March 9, 2011 | By Stephanie Borcard and Nicolas Metraux In a freezing temperature of -12° C, “Comfort women”, the survivors of the Japanese military sexual slavery during World War II, protest in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea. Since January 8, 1992, this peaceful protest is held here every Wednesday at noon to continue to strive for a formal apology and a legal compensation from the [...]

March 3, 2011 | By Stephanie Borcard and Nicolas Metraux Studies on Minimalism. Grassy mounds, leafless trees, silhouettes and a strong sense of ancient history. During our recent trip to South Korea, we visited Gyeongju, the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Silla which ruled (57 BC to 935) most of the Korean peninsula. The rulers of the Silla Kingdom were burried in these mounds or tumuli.