A Drug Free Land
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Swiss photographer Thomas Kern shows us a seemingly forlorn America off the beaten path.
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Thomas Kern was born in Switzerland in 1965. Trained as a photographer in Zürich, he started working as a photojournalist in 1989. He was a founder of the Swiss photographers agency Lookat Photos in 1990. Thomas Kern has won twice a World Press Award and has been awarded several Swiss national scholarships. His work has been widely exhibited and it is represented in various collections.
Thomas Kern is a silent observer, the subject of his work remains the unspectacular everyday life of America and its people. A visual commentary on the state of the nation in pictures that appear to be familiar, and yet remain remarkably resistant.
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