Femmes. Questions. Archives photographiques.

Exposition 28.02.–14.06.2026

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Exposition28.02.–14.06.2026

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dim, 29. mars 2026, 13:00 heures

Fotostiftung Schweiz

Guided Tours

Careers and Children – Archives as a Reflection of the Lived Realities of Women Photographers

Fotostiftung Schweiz

In this tour, curator Madleina Deplazes guides visitors through the exhibition Female. Focus. Photo Archives. and discusses how education, working conditions, family obligations and social conditions shaped the careers of female photographers. She also explains how these realities of life have been recorded in the archives. In German.

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).

Fotostiftung Schweiz

dim, 12. avril 2026, 13:00 heures

Fotostiftung Schweiz

Events

Margrit Aschwanden – Between the Family Business and Female Authorship

Fotostiftung Schweiz

As part of the exhibition Female. Focus. Photo Archives., curator Michèle Dick engages in a dialogue-based tour of the exhibition with Verena Aschwanden, niece of Margrit Aschwanden (1913–2004), photographer and managing director of Foto Aschwanden until 2010. How did Margrit Aschwanden balance her roles in the family business and as an artistic author, and what influence did society and family have on her work? The tour is in German.

This event is subject to a fee ➔Tickets available here!

Fotostiftung Schweiz

ven, 8. mai 2026, 14:00 heures

Fotostiftung Schweiz

Events

In)Visibilities – Perspectives on Working with Women’s Archives

Fotostiftung Schweiz

As part of the exhibition Female. Focus. Photo Archives., Fotostiftung Schweiz invites you to an afternoon of lectures and discussions with three experts. Lina Gafner, director of the Gosteli Archive, will talk about the (in)visibility of women in archives and the commitment of the Gosteli Archive. Nathalie Dimic, photo historian and curator, will summarise findings from her research on the professional history of female photographers. Bettina Richter, curator of the poster collection at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, will address the gender gap in museum collections and the challenges facing female exhibition organisers. In German.

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!

Fotostiftung Schweiz

dim, 24. mai 2026, 13:00 heures

Fotostiftung Schweiz

Guided Tours

Gertrud Dübi-Müller and Marie Ottomann-Rothacher – Women Photographers on Both Sides of the Camera

Fotostiftung Schweiz

Curator Katharina Rippstein guides visitors through the exhibition Female. Focus. Photo Archives. and introduces photographers Gertrud Dübi-Müller (1888–1980) and Marie Ottomann-Rothacher (1916–2002). Dübi-Müller portrayed the painters Ferdinand Hodler and Cuno Amiet and documented mountain tours, social life and the occupation of the border in 1914. After completing her training, Ottomann-Rothacher worked in photo studios, photographed reports for Pro Juventute on weekends and captured her family life on film. In German.

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).

Fotostiftung Schweiz

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Helen Levitt

Archives d’images en ligne

Les archives d’images en ligne de la Fotostiftung Schweiz donnent un aperçu de ses collections et de ses fonds d’archives déjà mis en valeur et présentent des photographes sélectionné.es. Elles présentent une coupe transversale de toute l’histoire de la photographie suisse depuis les débuts de la photographie vers 1840 jusqu’à aujourd’hui.

Archives d’images en ligne

Bibliothèque de photographie

La bibliothèque de photographie publique est utilisée par les personnes intéressées, les spécialistes et les collaborateurs.trices des deux institutions Fotostiftung Schweiz et Fotomuseum Winterthur. Elle contient plus de 30 000 publications et une trentaine de revues actuelles, nombre en augmentation constante.

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