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ABOUT THE TITLE
     Switzerland speaks German, French, Italian, Romansh, with plenty of great dialects and smelly breaths. It is probably the reason why this is written in English and why the site's title is in Dutch. It means "for sale for rent". You'll probably see signs bearing these words on the streets if you once get the chance to feel the breeze of the Netherlands.

ABOUT ME
     I'm Balthazar Wyss, I studied conservation-restoration but I'm not a conservator-restorer. I'm fond of all aspects of photography but I'm not a photographer. I worked for years in an archive but I'm not an archivist. I do promote OG2000 and all my skateboarding friends but I'm not really a skateboarder. Now I'm printing photographs on second-hand clothes but I'm definitely not a fashion designer.

Still, I take part to collective leaf-blowing projects and also try to fix fans on my own.

ABOUT THE NEWSLETTER
     As e-mails definitely provide better wind than social media, feel free to join the mailing list via the pop-up window on the homepage or send me a quick message using either the contact form or Insta to be added to the mailing list. So you'll be kept updated and maybe even benefit from mind-blowing discounts in the shop.

ABOUT DARKROOM
 
   I provide darkroom workshops (for black and white film developing and enlarging/printing) in Basel at Freiwerk. 

ABOUT WOODCUT
     Feel free to take a look at the work of my grandfather, the independant graphic designer and wood engraver Robert Wyss.

ABOUT YOGA
     If you need a bit of mental and physical balance, head to the website of the only wind-smelling yoga teacher Alessiayoga. Free-of-bullshit yoga in Basel as well as online classes, in Swiss German and English ;-)

ABOUT THE ETIQUETTE

1) YOUR MONEY IS YOUR BEST VOTING BALLOT
- Because you have the power and the responsability to choose where your money goes.
- Because the money I invest in clothes  goes to associations and organisations promoting social inclusion.

2) DO IT YOURSELF
- Because what I do myself does not require any fossil energy, only food (good food).
- Because what I do myself is truely original (even if it ressembles the work of others).
- Because good work exists but perfection doesn't.
- Because I like to feel the human behind the thing.
- Because if you learn to do it yourself, you can then teach others to do it themselves.
- Because you have to manage your waste yourself.

3) GO ANALOG
- Because analog things can be read and understood through time.
- Because analog things can be repared and re-used.
- Because I'm happy to meet my clients on markets. 
- Because working analog produces waste you have to care about yourself (unlike digital stuff and the pollution you're happy to forget about because there is no tool to handle it).

4) AVOID THE GAFAM
- Because Linux is better than Mac or Microsoft.
- Because RawThereapee, Gimp, Inkscape and Scribus are better than the Adobe suite.
- Because Infomaniak provides everything you need for your web presence and servers are based in Switzerland.
- Because I really try to minimize my use of Google and Instagram (sadly I can't say more).
- Because we should avoid to give money to any monopolistic company anyway (see point 1).