1 Ella Maillart lends out her Leica. Photo: Estate of Ella Maillart and Photo Elysée, Lausanne 2 Ella Maillart, The new railway between Nanyo and Ninguta, west of Vladivostock, 1934, Japanese Korea. Photo: Estate of Ella Maillart and Photo Elysée, Lausanne 3 Skaters outside the Forbidden City, 1935, Beijing, Republic of China. Photo: Estate of Ella Maillart and Photo Elysée, Lausanne 4 A portrait of Ella Maillart in the aisles of Photo: Elysée. The Geneva native died on 27 March 1997 in Chandolin (Valais), at the age of 94. Photo: Photo Elysée, Lausanne 5 Black and white pictures from the other end of the world. Photo: Photo Elysée, Lausanne 6 Qaidam Desert, at 3,000 metres’ altitude, late May 1935. Mount Kitin Kara, in the Kuen Lun mountain range, in Qinghai, Republic of China. Photo: Estate of Ella Maillart and Photo Elysée, Lausanne 7 Ella Maillart, My street — Ostozhenka, 1930, Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR. Photo: Estate of Ella Maillart and Photo Elysée, Lausanne 8 Ella Maillart, Ukrainian knife-grinder, 1930, Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR. Photo: Estate of Ella Maillart and Photo Elysée, Lausanne 4 6 7 8 5 Swiss Review / July 2026 / No. 3 13
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