Events
Female. Focus. Photo Archives.
Female. Focus. Photo Archives. at Fotostiftung Schweiz centres on the archives of seven women photographers whose life’s work has often been cast in the shadows by their male colleagues and whose contributions to the history of photography in Switzerland have been largely overlooked.
The year begins at Fotomuseum Winterthur with Paul Mpagi Sepuya – Focus. Desire., Sepuya’s (b. 1982) first major solo exhibition in Switzerland. In his portraits and studio photographs he blends sensual intimacy with visual precision. Running in parallel, Swiss photographer Ester Vonplon’s exhibition Wingbeat turns its attention to lesser-known Swiss landscapes. Her photographs speak of the vulnerability and transience of nature.
You are warmly invited to join us for the joint vernissage:
Friday, 27 February 2026, 18:00, Grüzenstrasse 44+45
Programme
From 6 p.m.
Exhibitions open & Apéro
6.45 p.m. – Fotomuseum Winterthur
Welcome and introduction to the exhibitions Paul Mpagi Sepuya – Focus. Desire. and Ester Vonplon – Wingbeat by Fotomuseum Winterthur
7:15 p.m. – Fotostiftung Schweiz
Welcome and introduction to the exhibition Female. Focus. Photo Archives. by Fotostiftung Schweiz
From 7:45 p.m.
Snacks & drinks
Another Women's Exhibition?!
This guided tour is free.
Admission to the exhibition: CHF 14.– (reduced CHF 12.–)
Limited number of places. Participants can register for the tour at the ticket desk (at the earliest 30 minutes before the tour starts).
Careers and Children – Archives as a Reflection of the Lived Realities of Women Photographers
The guided tour is free.
Admission to the exhibition: CHF 14.– (reduced CHF 12.–)
Limited number of places. Participants can register for the tour at the ticket desk (at the earliest 30 minutes before the tour starts).
Margrit Aschwanden – Between the Family Business and Female Authorship
This event is subject to a fee ➔Tickets available here!
In)Visibilities – Perspectives on Working with Women’s Archives
Afterwards, the speakers will discuss the common ground between their presentations and their relevance to the exhibition in a moderated panel discussion.
This event is subject to a fee ➔Tickets available here!
Gertrud Dübi-Müller and Marie Ottomann-Rothacher – Women Photographers on Both Sides of the Camera
The guided tour is free.
Admission to the exhibition: CHF 14.– (reduced CHF 12.–)
Limited number of places. Participants can register for the tour at the ticket desk (at the earliest 30 minutes before the tour starts).
Women Amateurs, Apprentices and Artisans – Paths to Photography
The guided tour is free.
Admission to the exhibition: CHF 14.– (reduced CHF 12.–)
Limited number of places. Participants can register for the tour at the ticket desk (at the earliest 30 minutes before the tour starts).
