Aurélia Marine's Wildcards
Here are the Wildcards by Aurélia Marine, a multi-award-winning photographer, film director, and curator of photoSCHWEIZ. More about the Wildcards—Laurence Kupbski, Luce Berta, and Louisa Azzouz—will be on display at photoSCHWEIZ in February 2026.
Aurélia Marine
Aurélia Marine, born in Paris and raised in Cham, is a photographer and film director. She got her start in 2011 in New York when she happened to find a camera on the street—a moment that launched her creative career.
Her black-and-white, abstract works are reminiscent of film noir and bear a timeless, cinematic style. Her exhibitions have already taken her to London, Tokyo, Los Angeles, and Switzerland.
“In an age of sensory overload, I ask myself: What still fills us with wonder?” —a thought that runs like a common thread through her work.
© Laurence Kubski
Laurence Kubski
Laurence Kubski is a Swiss photographer who, after completing her studies at ECAL, developed a practice that combines research and staging. Her work focuses on the relationships between humans and animals, as observed in various cultures and contexts.
In her book *Crickets* (Simonett & Baer, 2020), she explores the centuries-old Chinese tradition of keeping crickets as pets. For the series “Big Fish” (2022), she traces the paths of the global ornamental fish trade—from European aquariums to Indonesian fishers. Her latest project , “Sauvages” (Photographic Survey of Fribourg, 2024), documents the coexistence of humans and wildlife in the canton of Fribourg.
Kubski observes with precision, tells stories with visual poetry, and reveals just how closely our world is intertwined with that of animals.
© Luce Berta
Luce Berta
Luce Berta is an Italian poet and multidisciplinary artist with a background in comparative literature and art history. In her work, identity, self-perception, and autoscopy serve as recurring focal points of her artistic exploration. Various media, voices, and forms of expression converge to form a multilayered, poetic whole.
Berta sees her art as a reflection of her own existence—an inward gaze that repeatedly points toward the sky. Her work has already garnered widespread attention; she is currently listed among the “30 Women Under 30, ” a selection of up-and-coming female photographers.
© Louisa Azzouz
Louisa Azzouz
Louisa Azzouz lives and works in Geneva. After earning her degree in photography from the CEPV (2024), she is currently studying fine arts at HEAD Geneva. Her practice combines photography, video, and installation and moves between political and speculative fiction.
Her work centers on memory, movement, fluctuation, and hyperpresence, viewed from a feminist, decolonial, and intersectional perspective. Azzouz questions dominant narratives, gives space to marginalized stories, and develops counter-narratives that challenge conventional perspectives.
She is particularly interested in how bodies, identities, and cultural heritage are perceived, exploited, or erased. Her work opens up spaces for resistance and deliberately challenges rigid categorizations.