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Albinen, facing the rest of the world (News 2018, by Dominic Steinmann) - Swiss Press Award

Le village Albinen.
Dominic Steinmann
Le village Albinen.
Photo / News
2018

Albinen, facing the rest of the world

Dominic Steinmann

Despite themselves, the 243 inhabitants of a small village in Upper Valais suffered a sudden and strange media coverage. To slow the depopulation of the area, a municipal initiative offered new arrivals a bonus of 25,000 francs, with sometimes misunderstood conditions. The story of a very unusual global "buzz."

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Albinen, facing the rest of the world

Le Temps

Photo / News
2018

Dominic Steinmann

Despite themselves, the 243 inhabitants of a small village in Upper Valais suffered a sudden and strange media coverage. To slow the depopulation of the area, a municipal initiative offered new arrivals a bonus of 25,000 francs, with sometimes misunderstood conditions. The story of a very unusual global "buzz."

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Dominic Steinmann / Swiss Press Award

Dominic Steinmann

Press & Editorial Photographer, Ried-brig, 1988

I attended the Press & Editorial Photography course at the Falmouth University in Great Britain and received a Bachelors degree in Science of Business Administration. After an intense internship as wire photographer for the press photo agency KEYSTONE-SDA and likewise as staff photographer at the renowned Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ, today I'm working as a freelance photographer for national and international newspapers, magazines, companies and agencies. Simplicity, serenity and minimalism paired with authenticity and a pinch of humour, that's the core of my picture style. As a Swiss country bumpkin I grew up in a remote alpine environment, enjoying freeride skiing, hiking and paragliding in my leisure time.

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