Fotostiftung Schweiz Foundation
Founded in 1971, the Fotostiftung Schweiz is a private, non-profit foundation dedicated to preserving, researching, and conveying photographic works. It primarily collects photographic works related to Switzerland (Helvetica), from the beginnings of photography to the present day. In doing so, it incorporates artistic forms of expression, as well as documentary, applied, and private forms of photography.
With four to six exhibitions each year, Fotostiftung Schweiz presents important positions in current and historical photography. In addition to the exhibitions on its premises in Winterthur, it regularly shows works from its collection in Swiss and international museums.
The Fotostiftung Schweiz is actively involved in imparting knowledge. Through mediation formats for schools and private individuals, it enhances visual literacy and competence, fostering a responsible and critical approach to photographic images. It releases monographic or themed publications to make the photographers it represents known to a broader public. Moreover, for its publications on the history of photography or for contributions to specialist journals, it conducts research into the history of Swiss and international photography. It operates an online database, in which it makes its digitised holdings accessible for research and available for use. Together with Fotomuseum Winterthur, the Fotostiftung Schweiz operates a specialised public library featuring over 30,000 publications on the subject of photography.
The Centre for Photography is Fotostiftung Schweiz’s and Fotomuseum Winterthur’s joint platform. The two organisations are independent, but in their interplay, which encompasses a wealth of contrasts, they create a lively venue for presenting extremely diverse forms of photography. Operational synergies, for instance, regarding the bistro or the library, are offset by the autonomy of the respective programmes. Fotostiftung Schweiz, for instance, defines itself as a memory institution at the interface between archive and exhibition, while Fotomuseum Winterthur offers perspectives on international trends and addresses the medium’s transformation in the digital world. The full potential of photography is explored across approximately 1000 m² of exhibition space – from technical innovations to evocative visual documents, and through to artworks that question the credibility of the medium. Moreover, thanks to their partnership, Fotostiftung Schweiz and Fotomuseum Winterthur achieve a stronger presence: As the Centre for Photography, they belong to Art Museums of Switzerland(AMoS) – an association comprising twelve world-class museums that represent art appreciation at the highest level.
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Joanne Carter, creator of the world’s most popular mobile photography and art website— TheAppWhisperer.com— TheAppWhisperer platform has been a pivotal cyberspace for mobile artists of all abilities to learn about, to explore, to celebrate and to share mobile artworks. Joanne’s compassion, inclusivity, and humility are hallmarks in all that she does, and is particularly evident in the platform she has built. In her words, “We all have the potential to remove ourselves from the centre of any circle and to expand a sphere of compassion outward; to include everyone interested in mobile art, ensuring every artist is within reach”, she has said. Promotion of mobile artists and the art form as a primary medium in today’s art world, has become her life’s focus. She has presented lectures bolstering mobile artists and their art from as far away as the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea to closer to her home in the UK at Focus on Imaging. Her experience as a jurist for mobile art competitions includes: Portugal, Canada, US, S Korea, UK and Italy. And her travels pioneering the breadth of mobile art includes key events in: Frankfurt, Naples, Amalfi Coast, Paris, Brazil, London. Pioneering the world’s first mobile art online gallery - TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com has extended her reach even further, shipping from London, UK to clients in the US, Europe and The Far East to a global group of collectors looking for exclusive art to hang in their homes and offices. The online gallery specialises in prints for discerning collectors of unique, previously unseen signed limited edition art. Her journey towards becoming The App Whisperer, includes (but is not limited to) working for a paparazzi photo agency for several years and as a deputy editor for a photo print magazine. Her own freelance photographic journalistic work is also widely acclaimed. She has been published extensively both within the UK and the US in national and international titles. These include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Popular Photography & Imaging, dpreview, NikonPro, Which? and more recently with the BBC as a Contributor, Columnist at Vogue Italia and Contributing Editor at LensCulture. Her professional photography has also been widely exhibited throughout Europe, including Italy, Portugal and the UK. She is currently writing several books, all related to mobile art and is always open to requests for new commissions for either writing or photography projects or a combination of both. Please contact her at: joanne@theappwhisperer.com
