It’s a world first: a major photographic institution has made available to the blind and visually impaired a selection of images from its collection.…
Author Luc Debraine
How does one capture what has already been captured many times? Specifically, how does one capture Haiti, with its natural disasters, its bright colors, its bleak poverty, and its voodoo…
The Swiss photographer Michael von Graffenried is a master of the panorama. This format is historically linked to landscapes but this Bernese man uses it in a completely different way.…
When times are tough, one tends to forget that photography can also be light, playful, and fun; that it is a shared delight, a parlor game, an ever-repeated magic show.…
Depuis mars 2015 directrice du Musée de l’Elysée à Lausanne (Suisse), Tatyana Franck a dit dès son arrivée qu’elle valoriserait les collections de son institution. Un fonds hétéroclite, sans identité…
It’s one of two principal photography festivals in Switzerland, the other being Images in Vevey. They differ from each other in their focus and influence. The Bienne Festival…
The Images Festival is held every other year in Vevey in Switzerland and has gained an excellent international reputation. It is one of the rare open-air photography festivals, with images…
Color is the norm for digital photography. Black and white is nothing but a filter applied before or after the shot. It’s one of a multitude of vintage…
Every year for a quarter of a century, the Reinhardt von Graffenried Foundation in Berne has recognized the best of Swiss photojournalism. Photographs published in the daily press over the…
The Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland, holds a vast retrospective of the work of the Zurich artist Werner Bischof, a meteor of the 1940s’ and 50s’ photojournalism. The centenary…