Friends of Fotostiftung Schweiz collection Archive and Collections
The support association Friends of Fotostiftung Schweiz expands and supplements the Fotostiftung Schweiz collection by means of targeted purchases. Since 1982, over 3000 historical and contemporary works have been purchased. The historical collection features the ‘new photography’ of the 1920s, the photography of the FSA (Farm Security Administration) in the USA, the ‘subjective photography’ of the 1950s, artist portraits, and relatively large groups of photographs from Brazil and Japan. Since 2008, Friends of Fotostiftung Schweiz has been concentrating on contemporary Swiss photography and purchasing groups of works that convey independent, long-term and new approaches. The Friends of Fotostiftung Schweiz collection is on permanent loan to Fotostiftung Schweiz.