LONFAT, Michel
Switzerland (1968- )
Last updated: July 26, 2017 at 19:02 pm
Underwater photographer; instructor; executive and photo competition judge of the Festival de l’image sous-marine de Neuchâtel (FESTISUB); began diving in Papua New Guinea in 1985.
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Michel Lonfat
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