Rialto Cinema, Los Angeles, California, January 2006
Avenida Cinema, Costa Nova, Portugal, September 2006
Picture Palace Cinema, Bradford, Britain, May 2006
Fox Cinema, Westwood, California, April 2008
Raj Mandir Cinema, Jaipur, April 2005
Simon Edelstein
The world's cinemas as they used to be - on show in Locarno.
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Simon Edelstein, a Swiss photographer and filmmaker, has travelled through many lands capturing old-fashioned cinemas, whose existence are increasingly threatened by modern multiplexes. An exhibition of 160 photographs is being held at the Locarno Film Festival. (Pictures: Simon Edelstein)
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