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Sandro Baebler
He’dhavea
challengeon
hishandsat
Switzerland’s
AlpineBeard
Contest,as
photographer
SandroBaebler
foundout
CouldSantabeat
this lot?
A
roundChur, a
small city in the
eastern Swiss
Alps, beards
aremore than
a fashionchoice. Here, every August, 60
or somostly farmers from the area
comedown from themountains and
compete in a serious challenge: to
seewhohas thebest beard.
“Actually, it’s not that serious
at all,” says Swiss photographer
SandroBaebler, who shot the
AlpineBeardContest earlier
this year. “They all seem to
knoweachother, and they
definitely enjoy having
adrink together. It’s
like a social club.”
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