Debi Cornwall deciphers the image as a tool for political analysis
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Photographer Deanna Dikeman (1954, United States) is the guest of Nathalie Herschdorfer, Director of Photo Elysée, and Stefano Stoll, Director of Images Vevey, as part of a special series of CONVERSATIONS.
Recorded on September 3 at the Hotel des Trois Couronnes during the Biennale Images Vevey 2022. A proposal by Nathalie Herschdorfer and Stefano Stoll, co-produced by Photo Elysée and Images Vevey.
© 2022 Photo Elysée and Images Vevey
Video by Elise Gyger
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