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Daniel’s first camera ever was actually an Apple iPhone 3G S. Starting in 2014, mobile photography has helped him to gain an easy and playful access to photography and to express his strong design sense and intuition for aesthetics. Ever since, Daniel wants to connect people with their environment to illustrate the soul of a place. By using all kinds of compositional and harmonic elements such as lines, forms, patterns, light and proportions, Daniel playfully educates the viewer that beautiful and artsy moments can be found everywhere and at any time.
In his approach as a quiet photographer, he mindfully observes the environment to capture random occurring and fleeting moments. Putting his captured impressions into a temporary spotlight, visually isolated from the surrounding chaos, he carefully masters the balancing act of getting an aesthetical interpretation without creating a posed appearance and highlighting the surprisingly appealing strangeness of a place.
As part of this concept, he intentionally uses his smartphone only. For Daniel, it is crucial that mobile photography is immediate and reactive and allows him to create visual stories and sensitive insights without disturbing the environment. In 2019, some of his work has been shared by Apple and Adobe. In addition, his work has been awarded at the International Photography Awards (Smartphone Category) and as Grand Prize Winner of the Mobile Photography Awards. One of his pictures, taken with his iPhone, made it to the Shortlist of the renowned Sony World Photography Awards.

Sophie Schüler has many years of experience as a photographer in the field of portraits, press and events.
She studied photo design at the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt and has been working as a press photographer as well as coach for photography and film since 2010.

The wish to tell stories through her pictures is one of the reasons why she became a photographer. Whether it's a far away or a local topic – her work usually focuses on people and their own story that is being told.

And her love of working with real people and their individual topics is also the reason, she finds great pleasure in accompanying course participants with their individual projects at her photography workshops.

After the successful completion of my studies as a photo designer (2006), I took the step into self-employment and specialized from then on especially in professional event photography, business portraits, and product photography. A long-term engagement for an agency in the Stuttgart area brought me after only a few months to the red carpet of the Bambi awards, to high-class corporate events and to exclusive events in politics and sports. The foundation of a studio community in summer 2008 gave the necessary space for professional business portraits as well as product photography. For example, I supplied a magazine for audio technology monthly with professional product and documentary photos. My customers trust my expertise, my professional appearance as well as my feeling for the right moment and the optimal perspective - with numerous of them I have had the pleasure to work with since the beginning of my self-employment up until now. Plus, on the weekends you can find me at weddings all over Germany or abroad, where I capture the most beautiful moments &amp; memories for the wedding couples - for eternity :)

For me, the most important thing about photography is to develop my own view of the motifs. Each person feels and sees differently, which makes photography a personal and exciting art. I prefer a direct view of my surroundings, which is why street photography, travel photography and architecture are among my preferred subjects.

Although I consider myself a visual artist, photography is the most important form of expression for me as an artist. Without constant development as a photographer and as an artist, one ends up in self-reproduction and boredom. That is why I try to reinvent myself from time to time and to exceed the limits of my previous photography and expression. In photography trainings and workshops this leads to exciting encounters with mutual inspiration.

In addition to my own projects, I also work on client projects, which are usually related to a charity project.

Sebastian Grundgeir is living and working as a trained architect and self-educated photographer in Zurich. Born in Hamburg he went out to study architecture in Hannover and discovered his passion for photography whilst studying. However, his profession as well as his love of nature and the alpine soon called and made him move to Switzerland.His photographic emphasis lies in architectural photography and landscape photography. Besides the mountains and Swiss architecture, which form the main body of work, his portfolio holds projects across the entire Alpine region and beyond. Sebastian’s photographs portrait moments in time, which he understands as a mixture of actual documentation and emotional illustration. He stresses the elements that were the incentive for the capture, accentuates colors and forms, without unnaturally distorting them. His compositions are consciously chosen, composed and most of the time carefully planned.

Hi everybody! I’m a sicilan musician and photographer, I grow up in Siracusa (a gorgeous, little city located right in the middle of Sicily’s east cost) and I’m based in Basel for quite a couple of years (20!). I love photography since I’m a teenager, I’ve been moving my very first steps with an analog camera, then I’ve discovered the “digital world” and since then i take pictues mostly with Nikon equipment.&nbsp;After having kept photography as “my passion” for quite a long time, in 2018 I started working for other people as well, mainly as portrait and reportage photographer, most of the time in the environment I know the best: music, theater, art.&nbsp;It’s been so far a very exciting and inspiring experience and I’m very curious about how this whole adventure will evolve…

Following a decade of working as a researcher in wildlife conservation, specializing in large felid ecology, Malini Pittet turned to wildlife photojournalism. The reason for the change in career was based on the possibility to reach a greater audience to create awareness aboutconservation through photography and story-telling. Malini was born and brought up in India and moved to Europe to attend university. She completed a Master degree in Biodiversity Conservation and Management at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent. Her various research projects gave her the opportunity to study leopards and tigers in India, Arabian leopards in Yemen as well as jaguars, pumas and ocelots in the Peruvian Amazon.Malini loves traveling and photographing wildlife around the world. Her travels have taken her to many countries around the world such as Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Oman, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Madagascar, Seychelles, Brazil and many more!The combination of wildlife photography and traveling brings together a perfect combination, something Malini is keen to share. Learn about wildlife and nature photography with Malini and use these skills on your next nature holiday.

The photographic interests of Matthias Gaberthüel are versatile and this reflects his extensive portfolio. He has been carrying around his camera for more than two decades and through his occupation as an agricultural scientist he had the opportunity to discover much of the world. Travelling always inspires him over and over and influence his work. His picture language is characterized by harmony and aesthetics, balancing art and technique. Matthias lives with his family in the Leimental near Basel.

A Pharmacist by education and a photographer by trade, my journey started in Denmark after moving there from my home country Egypt where I started to look at photography as a career option, not just a hobby. Moving to Switzerland fuelled this passion with an environment that allows capturing the most memorable emotions wrapped in the most breathtaking landscape. It was also when I got certified from the New York Institute of Photography through their online program. I now have a studio in Reinach BL, and enjoy taking portraits of individuals and businesses, with a particular interest in digital art and more extravagant, creative portraiture.

After completing his Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Organizational Communication, Stefan mainly devoted himself to photography and video production. His great passion is travel photography, which offers a wonderful mix of portraits and landscapes. That’s why he travels the world with his camera again and again, always in the hunt for special photo moments.The photographic works have been published by National Geographic Germany, ZEISS Lenspire and Sony Fotospiegel for example.When Stefan is not traveling around the world, he shares his knowledge with the participants in photo courses and workshops, realizes photography and video projects for companies and works for Swiss Radio and Television.Stefan sees photography as the most beautiful form of visual art and as something bigger than the photographer himself.

Silvano likes to describe himself as a fine art photographer with a focus in both, landscape and architecture photography. Timelessness, precision and more often than not a certain calmness are typical for his imagery. His photography has been awarded and published at PhotoSchweiz.He loves to be out and about, to immerse himself in cities but even more so in nature. His camera accompanies him not only when he’s in nature or on booked architectural shoots, but basically always. For Silvano photography is his permanent companion, practicing documentary photography on short walks near but also long journeys far and abroad.Silvano loves to share his passion for photography, that’s why he’s excited to be an instructor at SPC.

I am a Brazilian photographer with an undergraduate degree in Fashion from the Federal University of State of Minas Gerais and a graduate degree in Designer and Culture from the University FUMEC. I lived in New York City where I studied photography at the School of Visual Arts moving subsequently to Barcelona. I now reside in Zurich. During my last 13 years I changed the direction of my path as a photographer. Photography has always been my passion, my therapy, my joy to wake up at sunrise and my most fulfilling experience. I see the world through the frames of the camera and beauty in every corner what makes me year after year feel the need to go deeper into this art. A bit about myself as a Photographer: <ul><li>2018 Zurich, Switzerland - First prize at the Swiss Photo Club Awards</li><li>2019 London, England - Interview at The British Journal of Photography. The Guardian editor's favorite Portrait of Humanity entries</li><li>2020 Zurich, Switzerland Instructor at Swiss Photo Club Academy&nbsp;Published in 4 newspapers Exhibited at the Swiss Art Expo, Zurich Lecture&nbsp;at Photobastei, Zürich</li><li>2020 Barcelona, Spain - Street art in Barcelona</li><li>2020 Paris, France - Street art in Paris</li><li>2021 Zurich, Switzerland - Photo tour "Perspectiva Urbana" in Zurich with "Destino Suiça"</li><li>2021 Tokyo, Japan - Official Selection of the TIFA (Tokyo International Foto Award)</li><li>2021 São Paulo, Brazil - “50 words 100 photos” were projected on skyscrapers in São Paulo.</li><li>2022 Budapest, Hungary - Exhibition at the PH21 Gallery in Budapest</li><li>2022 Zurich, Switzerland - Pop-Up Exhibition at Babalu Art Gallery Exhibition at the Photo Schweiz at Halle 550</li><li>2022 Arles, France - Street art in "Le Recontres De la Photographie"</li><li>2022 Worldwide - Released the book: “50 words 100 photos” in English, Portuguese and German.</li></ul>

After many corporate years in Eventmanagement and Communication, Flavia took the leap and became self dependant in the photography field. Even though she started with landscape photography many years ago, she now specialized in emotional photography. On one side, she captures weddings, newborn, events and portraits, and on the other side, she travels with NGOs to document their charitable projects. Nowadays, landscape and street photography are her way to relax after a long day or hard week.For Flavia, Photography is a means to experience the wonders of this world in all its details.Interesting fact:<ul><li>Flavia is also a salsa teacher and passionate social dancer</li><li>The name Flavia comes from the ancient romans and means “the blond one”, so there is hardly a blond joke she hasn’t heard yet.</li></ul>

Starting with the analog technology up to today’s smart phone photography, I am fascinated by photography. As a physics lab technician I immersed myself in the world of photography during my apprenticeship. With an illustrative approach I started to take pictures. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in aviation, I began to look beyond the fence of safety and logic.Passionate about culture and art, people and nature, I focus my life on telling stories in the form of photographs – often accompanied by text. Virtuosity and imagination play a bigger role on this playing field than calculability and logic, and I enjoy communicating this. Since 2012 I have been working as a freelance photographer, mainly in the fields of winter sports, travel and documentary photography.

Hi, my name is Pascal and I have been happily married for many years and have three wonderful children. I am humorous, creative, open, honest and uncomplicated. For several years now, I have been intensively involved in the world of photography. The FH course offers a sound education for the media industry. Learning the creative and professional process during the shoot, capturing reports in a contemporary and informative way as well as the preparation and post-processing, the handling of Adobe Photoshop as well as Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and all the necessary knowledge for the versatile work in the photographic environment. Or in short: Photography is fun ? For several years I worked with Nikon full-frame cameras and fast professional lenses. The quality and reliability of Nikon is and remains breathtaking. Nevertheless, for some time now I have preferred to use the Fujifilm brand for photo reportage and shoots.

Philipp Funke discovered his passion for photography in his early childhood. Coming from a family of architects, his interest in the interplay of formal and social aspects was fostered. He studied architecture at the Berlin University of the Arts and at the Macintosh School of Art in Glasgow. In 2006, he graduated with a master's degree.After ten years as an architect, he concentrated on his work as a photographer and completed further training in visual design with a focus on photography at the School for Design in Zurich.As a primary motif, architectural content characterizes his work. He analyzes the situations depicted on a formal as well as on a political and social level, often abandoning the purely documentary character of photography and giving the images an intrinsic value by making his original intention visible.In various group exhibitions in Germany and Switzerland, he mainly showed his large-format works such as "lichen structures", "Nature of Geometry" or "Opening Red Doors". The latter series about the rooms of Enver Hoxha's villa in Tirana was awarded in the category architecture at the International Photography Awards 2021.Philipp Funke lectured at the University of Liechtenstein, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich and the Fotoclub Schweiz on various topics of (architectural) photography. He lives and works in New York, Zurich and Berlin.

People often asked me why I wanted to become a photographer. I didn't know the answer, only that I really couldn't imagine doing anything else. After successfully completing my apprenticeship in a studio that specializes in portrait and wedding photography, I know that I made exactly the right decision with my career choice. The camera gives me the opportunity to look behind the scenes, which is an incredible privilege for me. So often it has been a door opener into worlds that are sometimes unknown to me and to the most diverse people. That's why portrait and documentary photography are among my greatest passions. This way I can create stories and pass them on. With one of these stories I already received the Canon Award in 2016 in the Photobastei Zurich.&nbsp; After my education and a longer trip, I moved from a small village in the countryside to the city of Bern, where I now work independently and am the proud tenant of a photo studio. I love to travel, laugh a lot and get to know new people.

Placido Faranda is an Award-winning and Worldwide published (National Geographic, Lonely planet, Vanity Fair, ABCnews, GQ etc.) aerial photographer whose style reflects a constant quest for new landscape colors and contrasts. Placido has been passionate about photography for over 10 years, combining DSLR and mirrorless camera technology to shoot travel and street photography.Since 2016 he’s focused exclusively on drone photography, with a very distinctive top-down style that’s gained international attention on social media (TOP 50 aerial photographer of 2016 on Instagram’s @FROMWHEREIDRONE, an authority on aerial photography). In 2017, his picture “Lady in Red” was a finalist at the Sony World Photography Awards (travel category), placing it in the top 10 of 105,692 images entered from 182 countries. The same picture was also included in the World Photography Organization’s Sony Awards Traveling Exhibitions in London, Milan, Paris and Berlin. Another of his pictures, “Solidified Lava vs Forest” was awarded second place at the 2017 PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris (landscape category). “Solidified Lava vs Forest” gained further worldwide exposure after being featured on National Geographic’s homepage as the “Picture of the day” in the United States, China, Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Holland, Brazil and Portugal. In October 2017 the picture was awarded second place at the IPA (International Photography Awards) and chosen by the awards’ curator for the “IPA Best of Show” exhibition in New York. In November 2017 “Solidified Lava vs Forest” was awarded 1st place at ND awards 2017 and chosen over 6849 entries from 89 countries.In 2018, for the second year in a row, his picture “The Big Meringue” is finalist at the Sony World Photography Awards (Landscape and Nature category) placing it in the top 10 of 129,338 images entered from 183 countries. In June 2018 the same picture was awarded Winner of “San Francisco Bay International Photo Show 2018”.

Since finishing the apprenticeship as Fotografin EFZ in 2014, i work as an independent photographer.I am really into portraying People and also love to shoot fairy Fashion Stories.As&nbsp;freelance photographer i work in the fields of press and advertising photography since 2018.So my main&nbsp;work is corporate, portrait and editorial&nbsp;photography.Growing up in a small community in the canton of Zurich, i currently lives with my pug lady in the canton of Lucerne but still have my Atelier in Zurich where work.As photography has a lot to do with storytelling, i love to put&nbsp;a message in every picture i&nbsp;take. Pictures are here to tell stories.From 2016 to 2020 i was a member of the Board of the&nbsp;vfg (vereinigung fotografischer gestalterInnen).

In 1986 I completed my apprenticeship as a photographer EFZ. After that I graduated for 5 years with a state recognized diploma, the "Escuela de Arte y Diseño" in Tarragona and Reus.Back in Switzerland I worked again as a photographer and for three years in an art gallery in Zurich.Since 1999 I work as a freelance photographer and today I live in Wetzikon, where I also have my studio.I enjoy working in different areas of photography and am happy to share my knowledge and experience.

Niels is a passionate photographer. In his professional life he has been able to work for many companies and private individuals.&nbsp;As a visually very demanding person, Niels works in a wide variety of areas. Whether in landscape, street photography, architectural photography or in the studio, he is always looking for aesthetic perfection. He has now made a name for himself primarily as a portrait and event photographer.

Duilio A. Martins, was born in 1981 in São Paulo, Brazil. In 2000 he went to England, to study the language and experience the European art and culture. There he studied photography which had been, until then, only a hobby. After that he followed a sculpture training. Since then he works as sculptor, fine art photographer, teacher and photographer specialised in reproduction of art works. In 2010 he moved to Switzerland after living for sometime in Paris and Norway. For the last 5 years he is a guest teacher at the Visual Art School Basel. His photographs and sculptures have been exhibited in Brazil, England, Norway, Germany and Switzerland.&nbsp;

I’m a passionate photographer since more than 30 years.I have nearly experienced every step of photography technology. Starting with analog photography including the developing and exposing of pictures. I could get to know nearly every experience with the camera and specialize myself.In my early beginnings I’ve started taking shots of races. While I have always loved animals and began to keep exotic animals, I have started also to take pictures of Animals.Nearly all my life I had a dog, which followed me nearly anywhere. So I&nbsp;also began to take dog pictures, which I started to specialize myself on.Now my passions are animal photography, human with animals, human as likely product- and marketing photography.In these sectors I also work as an photographer and coach.

Benjamin Barakat is a real estate photographer by day and astrophotographer by night. Born &amp; raised in the United Kingdom, he has lived on two continents and several countries over his lifespan.His journey into photography began with stargazing and his dream to photograph the night sky. He soon realized anything can be achieved when you put your mind to it, and from there on he expanded his knowledge of photography through perseverance and hard work. He speaks fluent English, good German, and also a little Arabic.Based in Switzerland since 2015, he has visited over 30 countries and has a great knowledge of the Middle Eastern countries. When he isn’t travelling or giving workshops at Swiss Photo Club, he spends most of his time dedicated to astrophotography, and with his wife &amp; and family at home.Benjamin works primarily with astro- and long exposure photography. He additionally works with drones &amp; FPV, and 360 virtual photography.Join Benjamin on one of his workshops to further your knowledge in astrophotography and learn his techniques, tricks &amp; tips to master your nightscape images!

Daniel von Rüdiger (Ph.D.) is a photographer, filmmaker, and musician. He studied Visual Communication, Communication Strategies and Iconic Research in Munich, Augsburg and Basel. He got his Ph.D. from the University of Art Linz for his investigation on the connection of rhythm in work, film and music. In his artistic research, he generates theoretic findings through artistic practice. Daniel von Rüdiger uses photography as a tool for artistic expression as well as for documentation. He works as a social documentary photographer and filmmaker for nonprofit organizations in Nepal and Papua New Guinea. His photographs of the daily life of indigenous people have been exhibited amongst others in the Gropius Bau Berlin, Rietberg Museum Zurich and the Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane. As a photo-artist, he is represented by the German-based gallery Pablo &amp; Paul.&nbsp;&nbsp;Daniel von Rüdiger uses his DSLR not just to take photos but also for filming. For the Museum of Culture in Basel, he made the award-winning documentary Kanu belong Keram. As a musician, he is also in charge of the soundtracks of his films. He forms together with the guitarist Carl the duo 0101 ( <a href="http://www.0101.wtf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">www.0101.wtf</a> ) who produces film scores.&nbsp; Daniel von Rüdiger can look back on more than ten years of teaching in academia. The last years he was lecturer for photography at the Academy of Art and Design, Basel. Besides, he is getting booked as a keynote speaker to spread his knowledge on rhythm and his experiences about Papua New Guinea.

My interest in photography began in high school when I took a photographic laboratory course. I have been fascinated how the picture was starting to develop and got his shape in the developing bath. This enthusiasm was the beginning of my photographic career. I started my education at the CEPV in Vevey, continued it in Lucerne, and finally finished my apprenticeship as a photographer EFZ in Worb by Bern. Afterwards, I have been working in a commercial photo studio for two years. Since that time, I focus on still life, portrait, and reportage photography.The camera is a door opener to other worlds, wherefore I am completely enthralled by photography. In what other job is it possible to be on an airfield, listen to lectures from specialists, or speak with sommeliers about wine?&nbsp;When I am not on the way with my camera, I study at the University of Bern, go hiking in our nice Alps, or enjoy a nice evening with my friends.

I live and work in Vättis. In 1987 I began to work with photography as a self-taught photographer. From 2006 to 2010 I completed a photographic training with Martin Vogel, Lucerne. In 2008, I joined the association. Since 2009 I have been showing my photographs in regular exhibitions.&nbsp;&nbsp; In 2015 I started to photograph with the digital technique of cross development, in 2017 with the in-camera method of double exposure. Since 2019 I have been working as a freelance photographic artist. My camera is an Olympus OM-D.&nbsp;

Celina Schroeder, originating from Wädenswil (ZH), has a bachelor of fine arts with the main subjects in painting and photography (film making) from the UNSW in Sydney (Australia) and a diploma in Branding (Marketing) from the WDKA in Rotterdam (NL). With her unique education combining the fields of commercial as well as the artistic photography. Schroeder focusses on the technical as well as expressive (story telling) aspects within her work. With a couple of years of teaching experience, Schroeder aims to guide her students from understanding diverse settings on cameras in general to successfully using their own equipment to develop their own unique style in order to express their own artistic visions.&nbsp;

Jürgen has a degree in linguistics and film science from the University of Zurich. He started photography in his youth, learning the trade from his father in the field and in their dark room. Through the years, his goal in photography was to find beauty where others didn’t even look for it. To discover locations, perspectives, and stories in unexpected places. Starting out with street and landscape photography, he expanded his portfolio to portraits. His passion is not only take pictures but also to share his experience and insights into the craft and art of photography with others.

Anna Korbut is a photographer from Ukraine. She is mostly in landscape, fine art, portrait and commercial photography. Inspired by nature and human connection to it. Her photographs combine the colourful picturesqueness of classical paintings and modern methods of working with digital images. Without excessive interference with the images, she captures the natural changes of the world. Landscape photography shows the beauty, grandeur and fragility of our world. A member of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers UAPF. Speaks English, Italian, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian. Site <a href="annakorbut.com." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">annakorbut.com.</a>

Peter Coulson, known as the modern age black-and-white master of Photography, specializes in the genres of beauty, fashion and fetish. His images are recognised and well known for their sensual, mysterious &amp; elegant feel; always with a twist of his screwed up sense of humour. He has worked commercially as a Photographer for over 15 years. Coulson lives and breathes photography; 1/3 commercial, 1/3 educational, 1/3 shooting what he loves – 24/7. His love and passion is very evident in his work. The attention to detail, use of light, and the emotiveness of the models he shoots creating something that is visually and mentally stimulating. Fans around the world are captivated by his depth of knowledge, creativity, and incredibly fascinating photographic world. His work is a continuous series of ongoing projects, portraits and commercial work. Coulson is inspired by people, places, objects, world events, but most importantly light and emotion. Coulson’s work has been published as covers and editorials in magazines worldwide, as well as winning multiple prestigious awards including AIPP Australian Photographer of the Year, and AIPP Fashion Photographer of the Year 3 times. He is proudly a worldwide Ambassador for Hasselblad, Zeiss and Ilford.

Photography took an important part in my life while I was studying engineering, because I started to work as an assistant to earn some side money, but it soon grew to be the its pivotal element.As assistant in Milano I enjoyed the best of the profession working alongside with professionals in almost any field, architecture, industrial, fashion, still life, and then after opening my studio, I kept experimenting and working.Witnessing the transition to digital was just fun, I could add yet another skillset to my experience, while retaining my vision.I live in Basel since six years, and I am working for industrial companies, architecture studios, and a wide array of different clients.For the last 10 years I have also been shooting long lasting time-lapses projects depicting a number of subjects, from art installations, to industrial montage or building renovation.

My love of nature and the beauty of the world that surrounds us inspire my photographs. I have a special interest in landscape photography. My photos are characterised by the attention to detail and the observation of light and shadow, which in combination result in beautiful creations. My aim is to represent a mood and a landscape in such a way that the character of the landscape and its uniqueness is preserved. In contrast to a work of art, I don't want to create anything new, but to represent the landscape in the best moment for my taste. The courses give me the stimulation and the exchange that is important in my work, to remain curious and to keep breaking new ground.

Fashion photographer Lindsay Adler has risen to the top of her industry as both a photographer and educator. Based in New York City, her fashion editorials have appeared in numerous publications including Marie Claire, In Style, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and more. As a photographic educator, she is one of the most sought-after speakers internationally. Lindsay enjoys teaching on the industry’s largest platforms and most prestigious events. She has worked with some of the top brands in the photographic and related industries such as Canon and Adobe.&nbsp;Her client list consists of NBC, Grey, Edelman, Saatchi &amp; Saatchi and more.A clean, bold, and graphic style has become the hallmark of her work, whether shooting advertising campaigns, designer look books, jewelry, hair campaigns, fashion editorials, or professional athletes. Lindsay is renowned for her creativity and collaborating with designers and stylists in order to create fresh looks.Lindsay’s energy and enthusiastic teaching style showcase her excitement to share her passion and knowledge with others, whether it is world-wide through prestigious platforms such as CreativeLive, KelbyOne, and the industry’s largest conferences, or through her blog, video tutorials or her five books.She is located in Manhattan shooting fashion full time. She is honoured to have been named a Canon Explorer of Light as well as a Profoto Legend of Light.She looks forward to meeting new photographers in Switzerland!

With advanced training in photography, Claudia González has been involved in the coordination and management of cultural events related to photography, books, exhibition projects in museums, galleries and art fairs in Europe and America, as well as the organisation of photo travel workshops in several continents. With more than 15 years as a professional photographer and as many others as an amateur, she has extensive experience in portrait workshops, an activity she enjoys very much. Her personal work has been published around the world, winning numerous awards and mentions. She has spent the last few years developing her mixed media work and expanding her knowledge.

I was born in Italy and had the luck to live in sone of its most beautiful cities: Rome, Venice, Florence and Milan. My official job is civil engineering, beside it I always cultivated my love for all forms of art. I studied acting in Milan and participated in several&nbsp;TV commercials and theater shows… till I found the true art form in photography thanks to Swissphotoclub. I live in Switzerland for 14 years with my family and it was in Zurich, that I picked up an old Reflex camera, felt in love with it and started taking my first courses…. Since then&nbsp;I haven't stopped. More courses, workshops, photo trips until the first direct contacts from agencies that have engaged me for advertising and marketing photos. The beauty! Photography has allowed me to see it everywhere, frequently in the most unexpected places. I walk the streets always with a camera looking for moments to steal, looking for beauty. I love Streetphotography, in all its forms: the minimalism in the geometries of a street, the reflections, the lights and shadows, the details but also the stories that the street can tell us.

Classically trained professional photographer with many years of practical experience in
various areas of photography as an independent professional photographer.

His great passion is people, architecture, travel and art photography.
As a commercial and architectural photographer, he illustrates these topics with great passion and plenty of know-how for his clients from economy and culture.

He is a member of the renowned BFF - Berufsverband Freie Fotografen und
Filgestalter, of the BBK - Bundesverband Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler and of
FREELENS.
In addition, Chris Kister is a photographic artist who’s work can be seen at various group and
solo exhibitions.

In the flood of images everyone is exposed to every day, Chris Kister is keen on standing out through deliberately designed and carefully set images and thus bringing the quality of classical photography to a wider circle of interested parties.

At the age of 17 I found photography for myself and since that time it never let me go.
After school I somehow landed in film business and worked my way up from assistant to spark to gaffer to DoP.
My main work area was commercial, business film and music video.
Beside my work as cameraman I also owned a Steadicam and worked as Steadicam-Operator on German series like „Fall für 2“ and „Staatsanwalt“ as well as com-mercials, business films and music videos. Within these 20 years in film business I also studied Media-Design, had a family with two kids, lived in London for a while, travelled through Australia......
2014 I decided to step back and focus on photography again and since that time I had some very nice projects as a photographer.
My main work areas are business photography, portrait and product photography - but I have had fashion-shoots as well as weddings, too.
My knowlege about light from my time in film business helps me to create outstanding pictures.

When travelling I often just let it flow and completely dive into street photography, absorbing everything that´s happening around me.
Beside my work as a photographer I have been teaching photography courses since 2014 and also lecture at universities. I give classes in product photography and Photoshop at Geisenheim University as well as a Photoshop class at AMD Akademie Mode und Design in Wiesbaden.

I would describe myself as a warm and relaxed person. Humor is important for me because I believe that a life without humor is boring. I am open for trying out new ways and see life as an adventure.

Gianmarco was born in Italy. He was thrilled by photography&nbsp;very early in his life thanks to his dad and uncle who were developing pictures at home in the dark room. The passion for photography and the need to freeze the moment progressively grew and it led him to take studio photography classes in Rome at Officine Fotografiche Roma. However, the studio was not really his environment and he soon directed his attention to Sport Photography and then found his dimension with Nature and Landscape photography where he creatively reapplies what he learnt about light. He loves to travel the world to hunt nature and wildlife in its purest form.

We welcome different guest speakers throughout the year to share special insights with you about their work, style, career and experiences as photographers.

I learned the profession of photography from 1993 to 1996 at Photo Schultheiss in Sigmaringen. After my successful apprenticeship with a handicraft degree, I first worked for 2 years as an EB and studio cameraman at See-Tv in Überlingen. In the year 2000 followed my complete jump into self-employment. Since then I have been photographing for well-known press and advertising agencies, magazines, as well as national and international daily newspapers with pictures from all areas of photography. I also enjoy photographing corporate events, weddings and other events according to the clients' wishes.

After graduating from her photography studies in 2006 Ina became a freelance photographer. Starting out as a portrait and wedding photographer photographer with her own studio she later specialized more and more in portraits and documentaries for B2B and companies.She also enjoys using her photographic skills to document social and charity projects. This has brought her to places like Lithuania and Macedonia where she spent several weeks accompanying different children's charity projects.

Osan left his corporate career in 2013 to follow his passion of photography. After graduating from New York Film Academy, he founded Swiss Photo Club to share his passion and create a community. He is specialised in Portraits, Events, Wedding and landscape photography. He is also a certified Adobe Photoshop instructor.
 Osan continuously strives to create a personal connection with his subjects, to add that personal spark to each photo. His teaching style is crisp, to the point, and focused on getting the participant practice what she/he learned.

Bernard is a commercial portrait photographer based in Lausanne, enjoying studio, outdoor and street photography, with a passion for making his subjects look at their best. Whether in studio, capturing headshots to give his clients the best possible image for their communication, or in the streets, hunting these faces that tell the story of a well-lived life, he cannot imagine anything more appealing than creating a portrait. Over the past decade, he learnt from, and worked with the best travel, street and portrait photographers in the world, integrating these learnings into his own practice and style. Bernard’s work was exhibited in Europe, Americas and Asia, and recognized with a couple of international awards, giving him the energy to keep learning, practicing and improving his photography. Born in France, Bernard moved to Switzerland in 1989, then to the Middle East in 2009. He fluently speaks French, German and English. Back from Dubai in 2018, he settled back in Lausanne.

Julia is Ukrainian-born photographer living in La Côte region, Switzerland. After she left her native Kiev, she lived in France, Switzerland, Great Britain, Japan and the Philippines. She has degrees in Economics and Marketing that helped her to have a successful international marketing career for 15 years which she happily changed for photography in 2014. Being nearly totally self-taught, she relies a lot on her advertising and marketing experience when constructing an image. Julia loves photography as a whole and will always bring something personal whether it’s a business portrait or a famous landmark. Her strength is her creative approach combined with true emotions. Julia’s most famous images come from her travel, wildlife and creative portraiture having won international awards and being published internationally. Julia’s commercial specialization is in portrait, editorial/fashion and architecture. Julia is a regular contributor to the PhotoVogue site of Vogue Italia. After winning the SPC Photo Awards jury prize in spring 2017, Julia joined Swiss Photo Club to share her passion and she is very much looking forward to welcome you into one of the many classes she’s teaching.

Born in Le Locle in 1971, Christian Bromley is from Ponte Tresa, from an Italo-Swiss mother and a Pied-noir father. He spent his childhood tossed about by his parents between art and culture, then flourished in sport, notably athletics, boxing and climbing. At the age of sixteen, he received from the hands of his father, himself a photographer, his first camera; a ZENIT. It was then that his true passion was born: photography. It therefore becomes a second life, a new area that he will explore brilliantly. A graduate in civil engineering and reinforced concrete, a field in which he would never work, and steeped in a natural and insatiable curiosity, he embarked on a new adventure and turned to the IT field. A passionate autodidact, he mastered this complex field and created his own company. In the basement of this one, he set up his first photography studio, thus allowing the expression of his first passion. He learns alone, tests, experiments, touches on the macro, the portrait then the artistic nude. This last area then becomes a revelation for him. Christian thus discovers the magic of revealing the beauty of a body thanks to a subtly studied play of shadows and lights. He then devoted himself exclusively to his art, opened a new studio and thus made his passion his job. To date, he has assembled a team of professional hairdressers and make-up artists and considerably expanded his photographic fields. He is recognized as well in wedding photography, events, maternity, family portraits and shares his knowledge with passion by giving lessons. 30 years later, he exercises his art with the same care and the same passion.

Olivier Riethauser founded High5 Prod in 2012, an independent audiovisual production company based in Geneva, active in the field of events, adventure and aerial photography. Over time, the drone naturally interfered in various projects to finally become an essential tool, both in terms of photography and video. In November 2019, Olivier published "Geneva in the eye of the drone" with Editions Slatkine, a 232-page book, 170 photos and 35 QR code videos. A big success in bookstores which “allows you to rediscover the canton from an unusual angle” according to La Tribune de Genève.

András is a self-taught freelance photographer specializing in food, events, and product photography. With varied work experiences under his belt and a keen interest in entrepreneurship, marketing, and branding, he uses photography as a creative outlet as well as a tool for engagement and communication. András’ result-driven approach to photography uses all available tools at the disposal of the modern-day photographer. It’s that approach he shares in the Beginners Photography and Lightroom Courses. He is fluent in English, French and an expert in event, corporate and food photography.

Catherine started her career in advertising in London and after a few years transitioned to the creative side in order to pursue her love of photography. She studied a postgraduate course at the London College of Printing and has worked in photography since. She has worked primarily in corporate photography in London but also with the Royal Horticultural Society in England documenting their seed collection and adding images to their botanical library –&nbsp;<a href="http://www.flowerphotos.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: var(--link_color);">see image here</a>. Now Catherine loves working with small businesses creating still life images and portraits. She also loves teaching photography- sharing her enthusiasm and passion for finding ways to express your interpretation of the world.

Freelance photographer based in the Fribourg region, born in a city near Barcelona. Fascinated by travel, music, cinema, art and photography, she studied at the renowned Institut d'Estudis Fotografics de Catalunya in Barcelona. Highly sensitive with a touch of madness, dynamic, smiling and very sociable. Former collaborator of ELLE, Tocado and Cosmowellness magazine, she starts from a photojournalistic approach and seizes these small and important moments which make the difference between simple photos and a real report, in order to render elegant, timeless images, full of emotions. Photography teacher since 2008 (Fotoespai School of Photography in Barcelona, ​​Center de Cultura de la Dona Francesca Bonnemaison in Barcelona, ​​CC Can Borrell and CC L'Era in Mollet del Vallés, CC de Canovelles, CC Can Butjosa in Parets del Vallès and Masia Can Carrancà in Martorelles, as well as for private lessons). She speaks French, English, Spanish and Catalan.

James’s love of film and photography started when he moved to the Alps in the winter of 2007. “I bought a cheap video camera and skied with it in my pocket for the season”. Following a few years making films of his adventures in the mountains James decided to take things more seriously “I signed up for video production courses, documentary making and lighting workshops, this education boosted my skills and most importantly my self confidence that led to my first paid work”.Since 2016 James has been making a living as a professional photographer specializing in travel, sports, property and events. Most recently he has turned his attention towards the professional market here in Geneva, using our studio to shoot his professional headshots and working with NGOs and charities supporting their humanitarian work. “I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to share my knowledge with others, and also to see what I can learn from the creativity and talent that each of you has within you”

Carla is a Director and Art Director. With a Bachelor’s degree in AD at CREA Geneva, she started her career in the industry as a VFX Artist in London in a production agency. Back to Switzerland she starts working as a Director and works with several agencies before launching as Freelancer.She then created a small creative studio for freelancers. With a huge passion for image, music and storytelling, filmmaking became obvious to her; she now wishes to transmit this passion to the farthest possible. <iframe class="ql-video" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5u03TJPWaJw?showinfo=0"></iframe> <iframe class="ql-video" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-BNmuaQMJT4?showinfo=0"></iframe> <iframe class="ql-video" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/223824156/"></iframe>

Elo grew up in Switzerland, graduated from the Academy of Arts University in San Francisco, and moved to New York in 2016 to work as an Art Manager in the fashion industry.&nbsp;Europe calling back, she worked as a freelance fashion and beauty photographer in Barcelona for the past few years, along with teaching in the photography master’s program at LCI Barcelona.&nbsp;Now established in Switzerland, her activities vary from photography campaigns and productions, to art direction, private clients, modeling and coaching.&nbsp;

I am a freelance photographer based in Geneva. Skate culture and urban sports have taught me the technical bases of the photographic language. They also made me aware of the aesthetics of the interaction between the individual and his environment. Graduated in Asian studies, with a complement in graphic design and digital media, I now spend my time travelling and exploring at a local level, through a photographic prism.

"Born in Florence (ITALY) in 1981, Riccardo has been passionate about science, physics and photography since childhood. His father taught him how to use an old-fashioned film camera, and since then Riccardo has never stopped applying his creativity to his images and which he takes along as a second camera on his travels, because the charm of analog photography always stays with him. In 2017, Riccardo had the innovative idea of creating the first photography school based on Silversea's luxury cruise ships, sailing the polar regions of the Arctic and Antarctic. He has designed and run courses in collaboration with specialist photographers in polar regions such as the Antarctic Peninsula, the Arctic Circle and South Georgia. In addition, he has shared unique photographic experiences in non-polar destinations such as South Africa, Europe and the USA. His photographic experience extends to unusual conditions, reflecting his spirit of safe adventure. He also shares his passion for the pursuit of good food and conviviality around a table with good friends, which is one of his strengths.

Born in 1996, Samantha Keller, better known as “Kelsa”, is a young freelance Swiss photographer. It was at the age of 18 that—self-taught—she began to take photographs on the theme of the couple and the family. What she likes is to capture moments of bonding and interaction. Surrounded by animals from a very young age (dogs, cats, guinea pigs, rats, rabbits, parrots and horses), she also shoots pictures of animals at the same time, particularly targeting the equine field. She has been riding horses since the age of 4 and is an accomplished equestrian. In 2019, she specialized on the animal domain and became passionate about local wildlife. She thus commenced macro photography (which gave her an enthusiasm for bees) and photojournalism. With a desire to impart knowledge about local fauna and by extension the environment, she writes articles on associations protecting local wild animals and is also developing a magazine under the title of “Wonder Fauna”.&nbsp;

I am a portrait photographer based near Geneva. Over the last 12 years I have worked with many women - and those they love - to create unique portraits that capture them at every stage of their lives. Serving Suisse Romande and beyond, I provide my clients with an unforgettable photography experience filled with a sense of elegance, pampering and fun. My style is influenced by fashion photographers such as Peter Lindbergh, Mario Testino and Annie Liebovitz. My greatest goal is to create beautiful and timeless portraits of my clients, and to deliver beautiful products that they can see and enjoy every day.&nbsp;

Dai was born in Vietnam and lived with her family in Germany, where she grew up. In 2000, she moved to Switzerland, where she studied &amp; subsequently worked for five years as a teacher in Lausanne. So, she speaks German, French, English and Vietnamese. Following the birth of her son, Dai decided to follow her passion. Thus, the young mother founded and today continues to run her own Dai Bui Photography. By nature, creative and meticulous, she has specialized in emotional portraiture and Fine Art (family - children - seniors - ballet - maternity)					Dai believes in lifelong learning and she loves taking on challenges. From 2015 to the present, she has won a lot of international awards, prizes and publications. Even though Dai may have fulfilled a dream, her desire to seek perfection pushes her continually to broaden her already diverse knowledge.&nbsp;

Francesco is an eclectic human being whose experience ranges from chemistry and physics to photojournalism and documentary photography, data science to public health. Still, he only feel complete with a camera in his hand and a story to tell. Holding an MA in Documentary Photography and Photojournalism from the University of the Arts, London, he is deeply engaged in teaching and sharing his passion for photography. His passions are street and documentary photography, travel photography, photo editing and storytelling, and drone photography. Fascinated by human beings, his photographic and artistic research lies at the intersection among memory, identity, grief and health inequalities. He is currently working on two main project lines: Syndemia, focusing on health inequalities in the LGBTQ+ community, and Unlike Flowers, She won’t come back with Spring, focusing on the recovery of the memory of his deceased mother. He is deep in love with Edinburgh, rivers, photo archives, Lady Gaga and Pad Thai.

Darren began taking photographs in the early 1980’s and printing in a makeshift darkroom at home. He went onto study photography, firstly on an art and design foundation course, before graduating with a degree in Photographic Studies in 1992 and an MSc in Film Production in 1994.&nbsp;Photographing both landscape and portraiture using digital and large format film, his images are characterised by a high level of compositional and technical accomplishment.&nbsp;&nbsp;Based in Morocco, Darren explores the region for project related work. Darren first visited Morocco in 1991 to make a student film and take photographs in the Anti-Atlas Mountains. He returned in 1993 again for a student project, this time to Essaouira.&nbsp;During the 1990’s he made several visits to the town, making a documentary on an Englishwoman’s adventure with Gnawa music.&nbsp; Darren is also qualified lecturer with a Postgraduate Diploma in Education and has several years experience planning and delivering courses in the UK.&nbsp;&nbsp;He is a passionate photographic educator, collaborating with Swiss Photo Club since 2022.&nbsp;

Kristian Dill currently spends most of his time working on portraiture, fashion and artistic or contemporary nudes. He also leads photo workshops for all levels. According to the mandates of his clients, he also works on lifestyle, wedding reporting as well as aquatic photography, mixing these different disciplines in a creative way and off the beaten track. Also professional in product, industrial and architectural photography, he is able to image all communication media to promote the company of his clients. He began photography as a teenager with his father's old medium-format. After acquiring his first reflex with his first salary, he quickly spent most of his leisure time photographing everything around him, developing and printing his black &amp; whites himself in his bathroom. Since 2011, he has specialized in studio portrait photography, as well as fashion photography and artistic nudes. Kristian became a freelance professional photographer in 2014, and remains based in Switzerland where he created a photo studio: "Le Studyo K", located in the Neuchâtel region.

Passionate about nature and alpine landscapes, Daniel Calatayud is a Spanish photographer based in La-Tour-de-Peilz. His specialty is to highlight the spaces that surround his eyes and his approach to the places that he transforms into images. After obtaining a degree in artistic photography in Valencia (Spain), Daniel has worked itinerantly between the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands, in Greece and Indonesia, before settling definitively by Geneva's lake shores. He is an expert in landscape photography and a real estate photography pro. He is a creative photographer who uses very creative photographic resources such as HDR, panoramic photography, and taking photos with optical filters. For this photographer the best way to show the images is in physical support, he knows also very well printing techniques, even in the past he developed a project of portraits in Bichromated Gum. Daniel teaches photography in English, French, Spanish and Catalan.

Professional photographer and psychologist by education - I know all about good lighting, cool posing and people photographing... and I wish to share my 20 years of experience in commercial, fashion, portrait and art photography. Creative and artistic, but still responsible and reliable. Works for commercial advertising, magazines and private clients are presented at my in my portfolio.

For more than ten years, Hamda Kort photographed landscapes, cityscapes and faces with passion. From the studio to the edge of a cliff, he put his knowledge into practice to make his best shots. Autodidact and perfectionist, he doesn’t look at the clock when it comes to make an image that is worth it.

Hi, I’m Karolina - I capture Love &amp; Light.&nbsp;I’m a family photographer based in Geneva and my specialty is candid photos in beautiful outdoor settings.&nbsp;I am a psychologist by education and a traveller at heart.&nbsp;I come from Poland, but lived in Norway, Canada, UK, and now Switzerland. Before turning my passion into a career I had a corporate job in Communications and Research, which pays off in heaps in running my own business.&nbsp;I am inspired by nature, the human experience and travels.&nbsp;

Living in the countryside, far from the noise and hustle of the cities, I've been exploring and getting toknow nature, which is so dear to me, since childhood. However, it wasn't until much later, at the ageof 27, that I would put my eye behind a camera for the first time with a precise goal in mind. Sensitiveto the cause of Swiss nature and wildlife, my aim was to capture a glimpse of it in my photos. This isto show people the local biodiversity we have in Switzerland and why it's important to respect,preserve and protect it. To this end, I practice photography with the utmost ethics and respect fornature.

Light flows. It permeates, it runs, it evaporates, it shapes everything and fillsevery available space. I have always marveled at the way light plays on everything it touches.For me, the art of photography is not to see the world through the camera lens. It is to see, in my mind’s eye, the final image once it has been processed by the many optical, mechanical and electronic components of the camera. The difference is huge. My challenge is to capture light’s fluidity and ephemeral quality to render my idea of that particular instant. My photos show my vision of the world as it is constantly shaped andendlessly transformed by light.

I was born in Geneva in 1972. I am a passionate photographer for over twenty-five years, I work in the studio (portraits, family, beauty, corporate, products, etc.), covering events (artistic, cultural, sporting, etc.) and reporting for the press. As an architect of initial training, I’m also specialized in shooting works of art and architecture. With all this experience behind me, I created the SC-PHOTO studio in 2019.

A trained psychiatrist and self-taught independent photographer, i live near Annecy in France.&nbsp;It was through my curiosity for the universe and its mysteries that I entered the world of photography. My passion is to reveal what wouldn’t be accessible to our eyes, from the infinitely large to the infinitely small, by bringing through my lenses another vision of the world around us. Specialized in deep sky astrophotography, extreme macrophotography and more recently infrared photography, it is with pleasure that I will guide you in the discovery of these extraordinary photographic techniques, to reveal the invisible and maybe, sublimate reality.&nbsp;

Mark is a true creative all-rounder who is at home in many areas of photography, as well as film and music.
Because of his particularly likeable and easy-going nature, learning and working together with him is not only effective, but also great fun for everyone.

Mark can be seen regularly cycling through Stuttgart on his bike and with his camera ready - always looking to catch new locations, moments and motifs.

During my photography studies I was able to get to know all areas of photography. 
I especially love product and advertising photography. Working mainly for medium-sized and small companies, I capture their essence and personality in order to make it visible for their customers.
It is particularly important to me to convey their values as well.
Privately, I am an "art addict". I love making art from art or creating abstract underwater pictures.

To me photography means capturing the essence of a moment and giving feelings and emotions a way to unfold.

The fact that photography has so many facades has always kept me enthusiastic.
Photography always depends on place, time, emotion and people.

Next to photography my second profession is psychological counseling. These two fields enrich each other a lot.
While photography helps me keep an eye on what is important
and approach each person creatively, the psychological counseling allows me to get deeper insights on during my work as a photographer and to approach each customer and model very individually.

Becoming a nature photographer has always been his dream, which is why he first studied biology – after all, in-depth knowledge of the photographed subject has always been the first step to better and more profound pictures. His biology studies were followed by a training in post-production which led to many years as a picture editor in an advertising agency until his step into self-employment followed. Mark now owns his own studio in Stuttgart-Vaihingen.&nbsp;He gives individual trainings and also teaches in schools where he introduces the topics of photography or image editing to prospective media designers.&nbsp;Photography not as a profession, but as a vocation. Today, nature photography is something he is mostly devoted to privately, both above and below water, but he is also very versatile on land.

For twenty years I have been living photography by shooting portraits, events, architecture and products.
I am passionate about street and travel photography.
If possible, especially while traveling, I shoot 360 degrees panoramic pictures.
My style is documentary and clear and wherever possible also minimalistic.
Always on my side is Adobe Photoshop, even though I love most of my pictures in their natural style.
I studied philosophy and psychology which hopefully also shows in my pictures.