International beautician school, Paris, 1980
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Fashion show in Paris, 2003
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Kumbha Mela Festival in Allahabad, India, 2001
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Magnum/Bruce Gilden
In a prison in Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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Fashion shoot with Lindsey Wixson in New York, 2010
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Yet there are no mirrors to be found at the Bern exhibition “Bin ich schön? / J’suis beau?” (“Am I beautiful?”). Instead, the idea is that visitors should look for the beauty within. The joint exhibition runs through July 7, 2013 at the Museum of Communication and the Museum of Natural History.
In the meantime, swissinfo.ch’s photo editors have compiled this collection of shots involving mirrors.
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Swiss have to ask if they’re beautiful enough
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It is estimated that every day, the Swiss population works its way through 64 tonnes of cosmetics and hair products – all in the name of looking better. For facial products alone, the Swiss spend SFr400 million ($428 million) per year. In Bern, two museums have collaborated on an exhibition called “Bin ich schön? /…
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