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Near. swiss association for contemporary photography

near. was founded in Lausanne in 2009 and its principal aim is to promote contemporary photography.

23/11/2025

A very warm welcome into the family to the new near. members that were recently selected to join the association! 👏👏👏

Follow these amazing photographers for their outstanding work and head to our website to learn more about them and see the featured projects! ✨

Happy to have you in the family! 💙

Stay tuned - next deadline to apply to become a near. member coming in March!

29/10/2025

Crit group with from earlier this month 💙
Always beautiful to see these works in progress and exchange ideas and feedback!
Thanks to all of you who praticipaded 😍frauchiger .cw

08/09/2025

crit group #9
in Geneva – with Danaé Panchaud
Tuesday 14. October 2025 💙💙

(in english)

near. Crit Groups aim to present and discuss your “work in progress”. In a small group – accompanied by an expert and by your peers – you present, exchange, and discuss your projects. With feedback from each photographer and our guest, you can refine and advance the process of the photo series you are working on.

Location: Geneva
Address: Centre de la photographie Genève, Rue de Carouge 114, 1205 Genève

Date: Tuesday, 14. October 2025

Group 1 09:00 - 12:15 ( 4 participants )
Group 2 13:30 - 16:45 ( 4 participants )

The group participates in the discussions, each participant has 40 - 45 minutes at their disposal for presentation and feedback of his/her project.

Costs: near. members 25.–
(Coffee included)

Applications:
We will do a “random pick” of all applications. Please specify in the email which group you would like to join, ideally.
Near. members have priority, and we will have a waiting list. Priority to members who didn’t participate in the last 2 crit groups (Amélie Schüle & Nadine Wietlisbach). Applications for non-members are 50.–

Registrations are only open from now to 10. September 2025 at 5pm.
Application: Write an email to [email protected]

Invited expert:
Danaé Panchaud is a Swiss exhibition curator, museologist and lecturer specialising in photography. She has been the director of the Centre de la photographie Genève since 2022.

Photo Credits: Anne Morgenstern

03/09/2025

HOW DO WE MAKE PHOTOBOOK?

Panel talk — Saturday, September 6th — 11:30-13:00 at Verzasca Foto Festival

Happy to present the Speakers of the Panel discussion about Photobooks on Saturday.

Images:
1) Thunder, by Nathalie Bissig, Published by Design Ann Griffin
2) Nathalie Bissig (near member, photographer) Zurich / Uri

3)Giulia Brivio Artphilein (publisher) Lugano
4)Mara Palena, Things that happen inside and outside of me, Artphilein Editions 2025

5) Brian Paul Lamotte (book designer) Milano
6) Book selection

7)Nicolas Polli (designer, publisher, photographer) Bienne
8) Nicolas Polli, Ferox the Forgotten Archive, Ciao Press,

9)Benoit Chattaway (near member, photographer) Lugano
10) L’Etiquette Bleue, Benoit Chattaway, Artphilein Editions 2025

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Moderator and organiser: Ann Griffin (book designer, near. committee member), Zurich

The Panel and Q+A will be held in English

18/08/2025

near.takeover - introducing new members! 💙
Mathilde Widmann

In Cairo, conversations often revealed how a place can inspire deep attachment yet also become a source of strain. The city’s modernization drive — uprooting trees, leveling neighborhoods, rewriting heritage in concrete — deepens inequality and erodes the commons. In response, some turn to quiet acts of resistance such as mapping trees, documenting heritage or engaging in climate activism. In a city where overt dissent is stifled, even photographing a building or marking a tree can become an act of defiance.

Developed during a six-month residency with CVC/SKK and Ville de Lausanne (), Unrested Ground, Echoing Dust documents Cairo’s rapid transformation and the quiet resistance preserving nature and heritage.

The series will be shown at the Alt+1000 Festival (), opening September 13. Come say hi!

17/08/2025

near.takeover - introducing new members! 💙

Hi, I’m Mathilde Widmann (), happy new near. member, and I am doing this week’s takeover.

Over the next four days, I’ll be sharing images from different projects.

I dedicate myself to documentary photography, focusing on sensitive approaches with an acute interest in portraiture and a preference for a field-based practice involving long-term immersion — whether spending two years visiting army barracks or completing a six-monthresidency in Cairo.

Usually working with field notes and conducting interviews with the people I photograph, I aim for an approach that engages the senses. I am interested in the relationship between people and their environment, as well as their inner worlds.
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26/07/2025

💥 Saturday, September 6th — 11:30-13:00

Panel discussion between photographers, designers and publishers who make photobooks.
💡Do Photobooks still sell? Why do we need a publisher? How can we find money? Why do we need a designer who understands photography and not just design? What is a Dummy for? Why is it a collaborative process? Why does it take so long to make a book? Why do Photographers need a photobook today?
The future of Photobooks?

Invited speakers:
Giulia Brivio Artphilein (publisher) Lugano
Brian Paul Lamotte (book designer) Milano
Nicolas Polli (designer, publisher, photographer) Bienne
Nathalie Bissig (near member, photographer) Zurich / Uri
Benoit Chattaway (near member, photographer) Lugano

Moderation: Ann Griffin (book designer, near. committee member), Zurich
The Panel and Q+A will be held in English

13/07/2025

Thank you everyone who joined us this year in Arles to celebrate Swiss photography under the beautiful sun at ☀️
This year we joined Pro Helvetia & Fondation Alfred Latour💙
We also launched our newly printed postcards edition with Mucho Love! Beautiful images with amazing photographers and friends!
Thank youuu!

.alfred.latour

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Artists of the 2025 near. X mucho love postcard set:

collignon_ o.rod heimann

💙

02/07/2025

near. in Arles!

This year, near. is joining Pro Helvetia & Fondation Alfred Latour to celebrate Swiss photography. Join us for an apéro and the launch of our new postcard edition with Mucho Love!

.alfred.latour

When:
Thursday, 10 July 2025
5:30-7:00 pm
Where:
Croisière
65 Boulevard Émile Combes
13200 Arles

We look forward to seeing you there and discovering these beautiful new cards with you — hot off the press!
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Artists of the 2025 near. X mucho love postcard set:

See you in Arles! 💙

30/06/2025

near.takeover - introducing new members! 💙
Samuel Spreyz

On the occasion of , I’m taking over with a focus on “MSM.Rx”, my diploma project created within the framework of .

Yes, tenderness exists between hypermasculine men. Some of the men I depict often perform masculinity in an exaggerated way.

Yet, this is not toxic masculinity, even if it may come across that way at first glance. These butch beefcakes can show
tenderness between each other and by using prevention tools, taking care of one another. “MSM.Rx” is all about representing them with sensitivity, empathy, and ethical consideration.

A backroom, to me, is an industrial apparatus for s*xuality. These cold, impersonal structures that some of us use for our pleasure are also safe spaces. Etiquette and consent are crucial here. I photographed backrooms with the utmost respect for everyone’s privacy, that’s why I used filters, blur, and the absence of visible users to compose my images. These are not formalist strategies, but strategies of care.

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29/06/2025

near.takeover - introducing new members! 💙
Samuel Spreyz

On the occasion of , I’m taking over with a focus on “MSM.Rx”, my diploma project created within the framework of .

Partying is freedom, but staying healthy is essential. PrEP is more than just taking a pill; it’s about regular screening and check-ups. Sexual health is more than taking care of ourselves; it’s about being considerate: talking openly about prevention and checking in with each other.

“MSM.Rx” is about raising awareness of these prevention protocols (because we are all involved with prevention and safe s*x!) while keeping our spirit of questioning alive.

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28/06/2025

near.takeover - introducing new members! 💙
Samuel Spreyz

On the occasion of , I’m taking over with a focus on «MSM.Rx», my diploma project created within the framework of . Partying under surveillance. In 1969, q***r people at Stonewall, led by trans activist Marsha P. Johnson, fought back against police repression. Celebration was, and still is, political.
With these images, I want to share my feeling of freedom, dancing bare-chested in a sea of men.
Today, the surveillance is no longer, at least for now, police batons at the door, but rather the quiet gaze of medical apparatus. It feels paradoxical: taking care of ourselves and each other is a form of freedom, but also a form of control, as we become long-term patients, watched, measured, monitored.

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