Photo: Valentina Suter
In its third season, this festival of contemporary photography welcomes twenty artists from Switzerland and around the world to the heart of the Pays d’Enhaut. Twelve exhibitions, staged amid the traditional architecture of the Rossinière area, offer visitors the chance to take a picturesque stroll through this unspoilt village.
24-year old Bernese Valentina Suter has been selected as one of the five finalists of Alt+1000’s competition for photographers under the age of 40. Her stunning prints feature the Gstaad Palace Hotel in the series Palace--A Scenario of High Society. Cyril Porchet, of Geneva, is another Swiss who has made the finals.
Their works will be shown in conjunction with those by professional artists Simon Norfolk, winner of the 4th Prix Pictet Commission in 2012, and Genevan photographer Nicolas Crispini. Vintage fans take note—Swissair posters from photographer Georg Gerster, whose aerial views left their mark on the 1970-1990’s, will be gathered and exhibited for the first time in Switzerland.
The Alt+1000 Festival runs July 13 to September 22—exhibitions are scattered throughout the village of Rossinière. For more information please visit www.plus1000.ch.
