Archives

03.11.2023 – 25.02.2024

Deborah Turbeville

The work of Deborah Turbeville (1932-2013) defies classification. The American photographer belonged to no school or movement. Her unique visual signature has been recognisable since she emerged as a major talent in the 1970s; a certain timelessness melancholy and a patina emanate from her haunting ...

03.11.2023 – 25.02.2024

Richard Mosse

Richard Mosse (Ireland, 1980) gained recognition for his socially committed documentaires often presented via immersive and monumental installations. He is known for his landscapes in shades of red and pink from the series Infra (2010) depicting the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mor...

03.11.2023 – 25.02.2024

Mathieu Bernard-Reymond × La Muette

In this photographic exploration, Mathieu Bernard-Reymond (France, 1976) has chosen to combine extracts from the writings of C. F. Ramuz with image-generating artificial intelligence tools. In D’après Ramuz, a project initiated by La Muette – literary spaces, he gives form to the mental images that ...

03.11.2023 – 25.02.2024

One for the Other

In tandem with her exhibition A Lake in the Eye, Virginie Otth (Switzerland, 1971) has invited ten artists with whom she has crossed paths at the Vevey School of Photography (CEPV) over the past two decades. Having enjoyed the discussions she has had with them around images and their perception, Vir...

03.11.2023 – 25.02.2024

Virginie Otth

A key figure in contemporary photography in Lausanne, Virginie Otth (Switzerland, 1971) presents four previously unseen works, as well as her first film. This monographic exhibition brings together works that combine the various interests and reflections that have animated the artist for many years,...

30.06 – 01.10.2023

Open Books

The Open Books exhibition allows the public to discover the richness of photography books, as well as exploring the creative possibilities of this object and its influence on contemporary artists. For the duration of the show, Photo Elysée will be revealing a selection from its book collection with ...

30.06 – 01.10.2023

Debi Cornwall

Debi Cornwall (United States, 1973), winner of the Prix Elysée 2023, one of the most prestigious photography prizes in the world, presents Model Citizens. In this series, which is still in progress, she explores how staging, performance and role-playing feed into the idea of citizenship in our Weste...

30.06 – 01.10.2023

Laia Abril

Laia Abril (Spain, 1986) uses photography, archival material and multimedia to create projects that engage with feminist issues and are marked by sociological, historical and anthropological considerations. Her long-term projects are organised into chapters. The artist presents Photo Elysée with her...

30.06 – 27.08.2023

Jagoda Wisniewska × Arsenic

Artist Jagoda Wisniewska (1987) takes over Plateforme 10's Signal L espace with "You Went in the Water", at the invitation of Photo Elysée in collaboration with Arsenic . She is interested in the perception of the female body and representations of female sexual and reproductive functions (sexual in...

03.03 – 21.05.2023

Blur

This exhibition traces the history of blur in photography, from the invention of the process to the present. With comparisons to painting and cinema, it tells the story – via key works – of the evolution of this form, as well as of the values associated with it according to the different periods and...

03.03 – 21.05.2023

Under Your Smell

This spring, Photo Elysée presents the exhibition Under Your Smell, a truly immersive experience exploring notions of beauty, identity and gender. Under the direction of Florence Tétier (Jean Paul Gaultier's creative director) and Nicolas Coulomb (photographer and consultant for Novembre Magazine), ...

03.03 – 21.05.2023

Gabriel Lippmann

This exhibition is the culmination of several years of collaborative work by Photo Elysée. It highlights images from the Gabriel Lippmann collection held at the museum and produced using the interferential technique - the color process for which Gabriel Lippmann was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physic...

17.11.2022 – 29.01.2023

#Ukraine

The conflict in Ukraine has received unprecedented visual and media coverage. Many reporters are actively working in the field to make their images accessible to the public. In addition to artists who use photography as their means of expression, inhabitants, civilians and soldiers also produce and ...

05.11.2022 – 29.01.2023

Josef Koudelka

As a first survey exhibition in Switzerland since 1977 devoted exclusively to the work of Josef Koudelka, the exhibition and accompanying book offer new insights into his career. In particular a part of his personal archive, namely the 30,000 35-mm contact sheets from 1960-2012, has been researched ...

05.11.2022 – 29.01.2023

After Nature

After being proclaimed a French invention in 1839 in Paris, photography quickly conquered all of Europe. Although the race for technical improvements began in the cultural centers, heavy cameras soon appeared in villages and the countryside, in remote valleys and in the mountains. In Switzerland, th...

05.11.2022 – 29.01.2023

Josef Koudelka

As a first survey exhibition in Switzerland since 1977 devoted exclusively to the work of Josef Koudelka, the exhibition and accompanying book offer new insights into his career. In particular a part of his personal archive, namely the 30,000 35-mm contact sheets from 1960-2012, has been researched ...

18.06.2022 – 29.01.2023

60 Species of Photographic Spaces

What does it mean to collect and exhibit? What are the motivations underlying a collection and how does its appreciation evolve over time? Finally, how can we give the public the opportunity to perceive the way a collection is built and designed? These are some of the questions that arose when we de...