Convent life

Photographer Barbara Graf Horka takes a rare look at the lives of the Dominican Sisters of Bethany in St Niklausen, central Switzerland. The order of nuns was created 140 years ago to give female former prison inmates the possibility of taking part in religious life. In their modern building in St Niklausen, perched high above the town of Sarnen in canton Obwalden, the nuns also offer a place to stay for pilgrims, travellers and holidaymakers.

A portrait of the Dominican Sisters of Bethany.

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