Jean-Claude Wicky

Jean-Claude Wicky (28 January 1946 – 31 July 2016) was a Swiss photographer. He was noted for his series on Bolivian miners (1984–2001). He was born 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.

Wicky died on 31 July 2016 in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland at the age of 70.

 References 

 Other websites 
 Mountains of Pain —Abstract of Smithsonian article on the miners at Cerro Rico, illustrated with photographs by Wicky.
 The Mineros photography exhibition 


Category:1946 births
Category:2016 deaths
Category:Swiss photographers
Category:People from the canton of Bern
Category:Jura bernois (administrative district)
Category:20th-century artists
Category:21st-century artists