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Fotostiftung Schweiz
Fotostiftung Schweiz
Grüzenstrasse 45
8400 Winterthur
+41 52 234 10 30

Femmes. Questions. Archives photographiques.

Exposition28.02.–14.06.2026
dim, 8. mars 2026, 13:00 heures
Fotostiftung Schweiz
Guided Tours

Another Women's Exhibition?!

Fotostiftung Schweiz
To mark International Women’s Day, curators Madleina Deplazes, Michèle Dick, Teresa Gruber and Katharina Rippstein will be giving a guided tour of the exhibition Female. Focus. Photo Archives. The tour provides insight into archival work, addressing breaks in the biographies of female photographers and gaps in the collection of Fotostiftung Schweiz. Why is such an examination relevant, and what does it have to do with the photographic canon? In German. 

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).

Fotostiftung Schweiz
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
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.

Catalogue
Association de soutien

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