Museum for contemporary photography Winterthur
Fotomuseum Winterthur is considered one of the most attractive spots for photography in Europe. It is a gallery dedicated to photography by contemporary photographers and a classical museum for the work of 19th and 20th century master photographers.
It is also a cultural-historical
and sociological museum for applied photography from the areas of
industry, architecture, fashion etc.
Fotomuseum Winterthur – founded in
1993 – is also building up a collection of contemporary photography that
is constantly presented in specially curated shows.
Some of the most important exhibitions of the recent years were “Zoe
Leonard – Photographs”, “Sergey Bratkov – Glory Days” or “Alec Soth –
Sleeping by the Mississippi”.
Following the huge retrospective of French
Photographer Eugène Atget (1857-1927), Fotomuseum Winterthur is showing
in 2009 another classic of documentary photography: Walker Evans
(1903-1975).
Fotomuseum Winterthur, together with Fotostiftung Schweiz, forms a
centre of excellence for photography, complete with library, art
education programs, lounge, seminar rooms, bistro and shop.
