"But deep down I have a communication metier, photography, and I have political ideas. Why not put them together?" - Luc Chessex
On June 6, 2024, a public screening of the film Luc Chessex. A Portrait took place at Photo Elysée, with a discussion with the artist himself.
Photo Elysée pays tribute to the career of photographer Luc Chessex (Lausanne, 1936). This documentary film Luc Chessex. A portrait was produced by the museum in 2023.
Since 1961, Luc Chessex has traveled the world, camera in hand. The documentary, which delves into his vast photographic archives, traces the photographer's career, his relationship with the medium and his link with the museum, since its creation in 1985.
Adventurer, writer and photographer Ella Maillart (1903–1997) was born and raised in Geneva. She spent her life traveling the globe – journeys that took her from Eastern Europe to India,…
Created from an image in The Anonymous Project slide collection, which includes nearly a million anonymous images dating from 1940 to 2000, this print was produced on January 23, 2023,…
