Absinthe

A journalist and photographer set out to the amp34absinthe valleyamp34 in search of the history the botany and the illicit mysteries of the amp34Green Fairyamp34amp160Invented in a small valley in Switzerland absinthe was the drink of choice for 19th century Bohemians. Van Gogh Picasso and Oscar Wilde swore by its creative powers. But by the early 20th century the drink was prohibited around the world.amp160This other prohibition lasted nearly 100 years.