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Renaissance (Swiss Stories 2022, by Dom Smaz) - Swiss Press Award

Âme, Weetamix, Vernier(Geneva), November 06 2021.
Dom Smaz
Âme, Weetamix, Vernier(Geneva), November 06 2021.
Photo / Swiss Stories
2022

Renaissance

Dom Smaz

After a long closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Weetamix is ​​back with a vengeance with the 30+1 edition, 31 nights in one month. Run by enthusiasts since 1994, this pioneering club has programmed pioneers of the house and techno scene, such as Lil'Louis, Jeff Miles, Anja Schneider, and Âme, even before they became legends. Geneva, Switzerland, October-November 2021

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Renaissance

Photo / Swiss Stories
2022

Dom Smaz

After a long closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Weetamix is ​​back with a vengeance with the 30+1 edition, 31 nights in one month. Run by enthusiasts since 1994, this pioneering club has programmed pioneers of the house and techno scene, such as Lil'Louis, Jeff Miles, Anja Schneider, and Âme, even before they became legends. Geneva, Switzerland, October-November 2021

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Dom Smaz / Swiss Press Award

Dom Smaz

Photographer, Lausanne, 1983

DOM SMAZ is a Swiss-Brazilian photographer who is based in Lausanne (Switzerland), although he often works in Brazil. He won six Swiss Press Awards and for some ten years now has regularly contributed to both the national and international press, including The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Die Zeit, Le Temps, Neue Zürcher Zeitung and Tages Anzeiger. His photographs often deal with themes of colonial heritage, social differences and marginalization. In 2022, his first book Helvécia. A Swiss Colonial History in Brazil was published by Lars Müller Publishers, followed by a monographic exhibition at the Musée d Ethnographie de Genève (MEG), attended by over 13,000 visitors. In 2023, his book was one of three shortlisted for the prestigious English Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards. Then Smaz was rewarded again by the Swiss Press Photo for his work about Helvécia, winning 2nd place in the Swiss Stories category. Since 2019, Smaz is a member of the French photographic agency Hans Lucas.

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