Special Exhibitions at photoSCHWEIZ 2026
A picture is worth more than 1,000 words—really? For this special exhibition, Swiss writers each describe the same image in just one sentence. The image itself remains hidden and can only be viewed by scanning a QR code. The work on display is by Didé Comte, son of photographer Michel Comte.
With the exhibition *What The Fake?*, the association—with the help of AI artist Basil Stücheli —is creating an interactive, publicly accessible platform that raises visitors’ awareness of the impact of AI-generated image manipulation on social media.
π Innovation Hub, ETH Zurich | Space presents “Near Futures,” five black-and-white photographs of possible futures. Space and environmental technologies—still just prototypes and ideas from Zurich laboratories today. Generated by AI, because we cannot yet travel to the future. Reduced to light and shadow, they invite us to believe in tomorrow.
“re:Human × orphic Morphosis” is an experimental, multisensory installation by artist Aurélia Marine in collaboration with Pier and Dorine Rubesa, which will be shown for the first time at photoSCHWEIZ from February 6–10, 2026. The work conceives of art as an effective space for experiencing social, systemic, and collective processes of transformation.
The photoSCHWEIZ special exhibitionDISPLACED by Braschler Fischerfeatures portrait photographs of people whose homes have become uninhabitable due to environmental changes, rising water levels, and extreme conditions. Here, climate change is not portrayed as an abstract threat, but as a concrete reality that alters people’s lives and calls their future prospects into question.
His photos are icons of music history: Norman Anderson, known as Normski, documented both the early years of hip-hop in his hometown of London and the birth of techno in London and Detroit—not as an observer, but as part of the scene.
photoDUELL brings two photographic perspectives into direct dialogue. Contrasting visual languages, themes, or approaches come face to face, inviting the audience to discover differences, similarities, and points of tension. The format creates space for exchange, reflection, and discussion—here, photography becomes a lively duel of perspectives.
The works explore everyday moments from the Tamil-Swiss community. The photographs unfold personal narratives and offer insight into Jayanthan Sivanathan’s individual experiences.
The exhibition is dedicated to the work of Sea Shepherd, an international organization committed to protecting the oceans and their wildlife. On display are striking photographs by Stephan Schacher and Neomi Gamliel that highlight the dedication, determination, and urgency of marine environmental protection.
In the special exhibition "Directors' Choice," photography festivals from around the world showcase their most outstanding photographers of the year.
Peter Michels is staging the Werner and Trudi Bosshard Collection.
On a four-month road trip through 40 U.S. states, Braschler Fischer profiled, interviewed, and filmed Americans from all walks of life, thereby revealing, as it were, the inner turmoil of the people and their nation.
Last year, the performance “Women For Peace – No Peace without Women” by the renowned Parisian photographic artist IRIS BROSCH was a spectacular visual event. A visual manifesto for peace inspired by ancient mythology, it featured over 90 (!) women from a wide variety of cultures.
In October 2025, Swiss photographer Mirjam Kluka traveledto Afghanistan with UNICEF and UNICEF Ambassador Bastian Baker —a country that has been plagued by conflict, poverty, and natural disasters for decades.
To mark his 80th birthday, photoSCHWEIZ is dedicating a major special exhibition to Hannes Schmid.
The "Nutrient Concentration" series by Zurich-based photographer Rahel Zuber, presented by WWF Switzerland, depicts agricultural sites in Switzerland.
With *IN VIADI*, Moving Mountains combines dance, film, and alpine landscapes into a poetic narrative about movement, memory, and connection. The project was presented at various venues in Switzerland and internationally in 2025 and reaches its culminating highlight with this exhibition at our venue.
Presented by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Kourtney Iman King's work explores the tension between embodied experience and performed identity in the lives of Southern Black femmes.
With “Photographs of Tomorrow’s World,” photoSCHWEIZ presents a powerful international photography exhibition by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), created to mark the organization’s 40th anniversary. The exhibition features 44 works by international photojournalists that shed light on key issues of our time: the environment, exile, and crises.
This interactive selfie installation invites visitors to become part of Anja Wurm's iconic pink world.
Fashion photography is often interpreted through the lens of aesthetics and visual codes. The exhibition “Me, Myself & I” builds on this and broadens the perspective: it places internationally successful Swiss models at the center as active participants.
Leica Camera Switzerland presents Oliver Baer’s latest exhibition, which explores the complex interplay between artistic creation, visibility, and the realities of life with alcohol addiction.
The exhibition “Beat Kälin: Photographer of Emergency Services” presents a personal retrospective of one of the most original contemporary Swiss photographers.
In this special exhibition, Edy Brunner presents works created using an elaborate heliogravure technique, which he has been working on intensively over the past year. He deliberately positions this process as a counterpoint to the arbitrariness and rapid reproducibility of prints today.