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Garbage divers and Aare boaters (Daily Life 2026, by Carole Lauener) - Swiss Press Award

Abfalltaucher und Aareböötler treffen in Solothurn aufeinander
Carole Lauener
Abfalltaucher und Aareböötler treffen in Solothurn aufeinander
Photo / Daily Life
2026

Garbage divers and Aare boaters

Carole Lauener

The waste divers return to shore with bags and shopping carts full of trash they've fished out of the Aare River in Solothurn. Meanwhile, the Aare boaters crowd onto the water with their equipment. Andi Fäh, Vice President of the Swiss Waste Divers Association, casts a critical glance into the boat. Is he perhaps considering what he'll have to retrieve from the Aare next time?

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Garbage divers and Aare boaters

Solothurner Zeitung

Photo / Daily Life
2026

Carole Lauener

The waste divers return to shore with bags and shopping carts full of trash they've fished out of the Aare River in Solothurn. Meanwhile, the Aare boaters crowd onto the water with their equipment. Andi Fäh, Vice President of the Swiss Waste Divers Association, casts a critical glance into the boat. Is he perhaps considering what he'll have to retrieve from the Aare next time?

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Carole Lauener / Swiss Press Award

Carole Lauener

Fotojournalistin, Biel, 1980

Seit 2013 freischaffende Fotografin aus Biel. Mich fasziniert das Unbekannte. Als Fotojournalistin begegne ich immer wieder neuen Menschen und komme an unbekannte Orte. Sie und ihre Geschichten treiben mich in meiner Arbeit an.

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