Jean-Claude Wicky

Jean-Claude Wicky
Born	(1946-01-28)28 January 1946 Moutier, Switzerland
Died	31 July 2016(2016-07-31) (aged 70) Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
Nationality	Swiss
Occupation	Photographer

Jean-Claude Wicky (28 January 1946 – 31 July 2016) was a Swiss photographer. He was noted for his series on Bolivian miners (1984–2001). He was born in Moutier, Switzerland.

His photos have been exhibited at the Swiss Foundation for Photography, the Musée de l'Élysée in Lausanne, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, as well as in magazines including GEO and Smithsonian Magazine.^[1]

Wicky died on 31 July 2016 in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland at the age of 70.^[2]

• Mountains of Pain Archived 2013-02-02 at Archive.today—Abstract of Smithsonian article on the miners at Cerro Rico, illustrated with photographs by Wicky.
• The Mineros photography exhibition Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
• Works by and about Jean-Claude Wicky in the German National Library catalogue

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