NEW YEAR'S WISHES
For Maximilien Bruggmann, it was a tradition to send a card with a photo from his large archive or one of his own graphic works, accompanied by a personal message, to his friends and acquaintances just in time for the New Year. We are continuing this noble tradition after his death.
Why is this?
A wise, old Berber from Rissani (Morocco), a traditional ‘Chibani’
A mystical and luminous tradition in Central Switzerland
Küssnachter Kläuse, custom in Schwyz before Christmas
Where's the happiness?
Indonesia, Moluccas, island of Ternate
In the morning light
Caravan in Oued Temet - Niger/Aïr
Everything has an end, even the desert
Final Saharan journey - Niger/Aïr
Saharan friendships, eternal friendships
Maximilien, Ahmed ak Kanom and Jean-Claude Bourgeon - Niger/Aïr
The journey continues
Maximilien Bruggmann with El Hadj Bouki, Amenokal (king) of Aïr and Tachilé, photo taken by Jean-Claude Bourgeon in his camp at Tachilé, between Arlit and Agadez.
Views of hope
Jaisalmer - Radjasthan / Inde - Note: Maximilien Bruggmann chose this subject for this card before his death.
From earth to sky
Spider Rock (240 m) / Canyon de Chelly / Navajo Reservation / Arizona USA
One man's view of the land of the gods
Macchu Picchu (Peru), the lost city of the Incas seen from the summit of Huayna Picchu
After winter always comes spring
Image of Mauricie, Quebec
Let's happily cross the 2013 threshold
City of Jaisalmer - Thar Desert - Rajasthan/India
The shadow takes root in the light of life
Niger, Aïr massif, in the sands of Erg Izane
Life is a long river of sand...
Niger / Aïr Mountains - Our caravan of 44 camels heading for Temet
A well-kept secret
Moul n'Aga, Tadrart - Algerian Sahara
The tree has lived, its roots will survive...
A solitary survivor of a time when the Sahara was green, the Ténéré Tree was knocked down by a lorry driver in 1973. A metal sculpture has now been erected in its place, but its roots will remain forever in the hearts of travellers.
The secret of silence is well guarded...
Arches of Ti-Sfad, Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria
At the end of the journey, the shadow sometimes precedes the traveller.
The dunes of Adrar Chiriet (Erg Izane) - Aïr/Ténéré - Niger
Bread means life...
India - Rajasthan Desert - Nomad woman making "chapati" bread
In 2005, rediscover your roots...
Solitary tree, Adrar Bous region (Niger)
For 2004, reserve your place in the sun ...
Between Bilma and Agadez, the Ténéré desert (Niger)
On the horizon ... freedom!
Abakaoua ag Kanom - Targui Kel Tédélé - Aïr/Niger
The sun makes a date with the dune ...
Niger-Aïr/Ténéré - Arakao dunes
The year changes... the caravan moves on!
Niger-Aïr/Ténéré - In the dunes of Erg Izane
Stairways into the new century
For the millennium, it is minus one ... Happy end of century in 1999
Woman with hair, feathers and bloomers. Picté engraving, height 78 cm. Approximately 1000 BC. Anakom site in the north-east of the Aïr massif - Sahara-Niger
Maya with God
Guatemala: Stylized Mayan priest based on a polychrome vase
A memory for tomorrow
Re-birth
Cultura San Agustin - Colombia
Dissolving the node
Good eye for 1992 ...
Detail of a painted door - Udaipur / Rajasthan India
Happy winds
Borobodur Gudha Temple / Indonesia
Sounds full of sunshine ...
Prehistoric Indian engraving - Kokopelli (flute player) Galisteo / New Mexico
Action for 89…
A solar offering for 1988
Bas-relief of the Mammisi at Dendara / Egypt
A year to savour ...
Mimbres pottery - Pueblo - Arizona - AD 900-1000
A small present - a big past
Tsimshian Totem Pole - BC Canada
And if civilisation was behind us ...
Stylized condor, puma and snake. Symbolic of the Chavín culture, part of the formative period of pre-Columbian Peru. 1000 BC
The gods will be thirsty...
Smiling God - Culture Chavín Peru
The eyes of the past on the suns of tomorrow
Chancay culture - Peru
Shimmering backdrop for 1971
Pre-Columbian Paracas textile - Peru
to everyone their own forest
The baobab is one of the best known and most characteristic trees of tropical Africa. - Mansara - Mali - 1969
Start the New Year on the right foot
The archers of Sefar / Tassili n'Ajjer
Spiral - fertility symbol - your symbol for 1964
visión of the spiral on top of the bovid
witness to the past on the rock in the middle of the oued djerat of the tassili n'ajjer
unchanging under the burning sun and starry nights ...
Full sun for 1961
