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“Our Town”

Photographer Michael von Graffenried visits New Bern, USA.

In 1710 Christoph von Graffenried sailed to North Carolina and founded New Bern. Three hundred years later, his descendent and photographer Michael von Graffenried visited the town to take a panoramic portrait of life in America away from the big cities.

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