Category: Switzerland

The Blue Room is an epic Speedride through a natural ice tunnel

John Aldred

Speed riding is a terrifying combination of freestyle skiing and paragliding. Described by those who participate as “staggeringly difficult and dangerous as hell“, it’s very impressive to watch. When Swiss speedriding pioneer and Olympic snowboarding medalist, Ueli Kestenholz discovered a massive natural ice tunnel, he knew he had to go through it. So, he contacted photographer Marc […]

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Photo of the Day: Risenstock Starshow

Mason Marsh

Category: Architecture/Landscape Photography by Richard Prinz Originally shared on the Photofocus Facebook page. Richard braved freezing cold temperatures to capture the magnificent night-time sky above Uri Switzerland. This shot masterfully combines crystal-clear stars and the shadowy mountains of Switzerland. All too often start photographs are lacking in interesting terrestrial elements, but in the this shot Richard has given […]

Sex offenders in Switzerland will have their pixelated photos published… And then unpixelated…

Liron Samuels

Swiss police came up with a new, and highly controversial, plan to get suspects to turn themselves in. According to Ha’aretz newspaper, the police will release a pixelated photo of suspects to the media, along with a message warning that unless they turn themselves in within a week, unpixelated photos will be published and the […]

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