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Photographer Philipp Sidler and his team take us on a journey around Switzerland with a difference. Landscapes, cities and people look odd and kitschy – is this reality or a model landscape?

Our eyes and brains are easily fooled. So-called tilt-shift photography is often used to blur focus and perspective when simulating a miniature scene, for example those featured in the book “Swiss Miniature”.

(Images: Helvetiq/Philipp Sidler, Roland Zumbühl, Hadi Barkat)

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