Jean-Claude Wicky
Jean-Claude Wicky (28 January 1946 – 31 July 2016) was a photographer noted for his series on Bolivian miners (1984–2001).
Jean-Claude Wicky
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- Name
- Jean-Claude Wicky
- Born
- 28 January 1946
- Birthplace
- Moutier, Switzerland
- Died
- 31 July 2016
- Place of death
- Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
- Occupation
- Photographer
- Nationality
- Switzerland.
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Jean-Claude Wicky (28 January 1946 – 31 July 2016) was a photographer noted for his series on Bolivian miners (1984–2001).
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• Name — Jean-Claude Wicky • Born — 28 January 1946 • Birthplace — Moutier, Switzerland • Died — 31 July 2016 • Place of death — Biel/Bienne, Switzerland • Occupation — Photographer
Biography
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Wicky was born in 1946 in Moutier, Switzerland. His photos have been exhibited at the Swiss Foundation for Photography, the Musée de l'Élysée in Lausanne, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, as well as in magazines including GEO and Smithsonian Magazine. He died 31 July 2016, in Biel, Switzerland, at age 70.
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• Mineros, 2002, (French), (Spanish), (German).
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1946
Jean-Claude Wicky born at Moutier.
2016
Jean-Claude Wicky died at Biel/Bienne.
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Moutier.
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• Every Day is Night, 2010,
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