Photo © Alinka Echeverría
Unfamiliar Familiarities
Outside Views on Switzerland
Photo Exhibition till 7th May
at the Fotostiftung Schweiz Winterthur
Zurich has so many great museums and exhibitions it’s easy to forget that there are some great ones just a short distance away. For example the Fotostiftung Schweiz in Winterthur which is only 20 minutes by train from Zurich HB or a short car ride away, has some great exhibitions.
We went there recently to see and exhibition called “Unfamiliar Familiarities. Outside Views on Switzerland” which may have quite a lot of resonance with those of you who weren’t born in Switzerland and have an “outsider’s eye” as you survey the country.
The project was commissioned by Switzerland Tourism to mark its 100th anniversary in 2017. The Swiss Fotostiftung Schweiz based in Winterthur, together with the Musée de l’Elysée from Lausanne invited five international photographers to take photos of Switzerland as they saw it with their eyes and their view points.
The five photographers invited to take part were: Alinka Echeverría from Mexiko/UK, Shane Lavalette from the USA, Eva Leitolf from Germany, Simon Roberts from the UK and Zhang Xiao from China.
At the exhibition you can to see how each photographer took a different approach and saw different aspects of the country. Instead of the stereotypical “chocolate box shots”, you see the beauty of the Swiss countryside alongside other aspects of Swiss culture, portrayed from a more personal perspective.
This is a joint project by the Swiss Foundation for Photography and the Musée de l’Elysée supported by Switzerland Tourism. The Exhibition will also be shown at the Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne from 25th October 2017 to 7 January 2018 and Lars Müller Publishers is producing a catalogue to accompany the exhibition.
Information
The photo exhibition in Winterthur continues until 7th May 2017
Opening Times:
Tuesday – Sunday 11am – 6pm, Wednesday 11am – 8pm
Admission
Fotostiftung Schweiz
For more information please visit the Fotostiftung Schweiz website here.
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