Michael von Graffenried

The Swiss Press Award 21 Yearbook presents the most exceptional Swiss journalism from 2020. The first part of the book, Swiss Press Award 21, showcases this year's winners of Switzerland's national media award, which honours outstanding journalism across all media. This prestigious award is presented annually by the independent and non-profit Reinhardt von Graffenried Foundation, dedicated to the promotion of...

Our Town is Michael von Graffenried's photographic portrait of New Bern, a small city in North Carolina with a population of 30,000, conspicuously composed of 55% white and 33% black citizens. It was here in 1710 that Christoph von Graffenried of Bern, Switzerland, first began building houses at the confluence of the Neuse and Trent rivers; the fledgling town took...