Photographer Roland Schlaefli died
The photographer Roland Schlaefli from western Switzerland died on Saturday at the age of 84. Schlaefli founded one of the first photo agencies in Switzerland, Actualités Suisses Lausanne (ASL), in 1954.
For half a century, Schlaefli had supplied the press with pictures of national news and major sporting events in Switzerland and abroad, Philippe Maeder, Co-President of the photographers' section of the Impressum trade union, announced on Sunday. Schlaefli died after a long illness.
The pictures from the former ASL agency were part of the exhibition "c'est la vie. Swiss press pictures since 1940" at the National Museum in Zurich at the beginning of the year. (SDA)
