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Upload 1-5 of your favorite photo(s)Use the largest resolution available for the best results in print. We print &amp; exhibit every photo!You can even take your photos home after the exhibition (unless you sell them at the gallery). The Top 50 Photos are printed in large format on Alu Dibond (~40cm x 60cm)A jury panel of Swiss Photo Club teachers will preselect their favorite 50 photos from all submissions. The remaining photos will be printed in smaller size on quality photo paperApprox. 13cm x 19.5cm Visitors will vote on your photos:During the exhibition, visitors will be able to vote for their top 3 photos from all the submissions.The top 5 photos (1 selected by the jury and 4 based on public votes) will receive fantastic prizes during the closing party of the exhibition. Are you on Instagram?We try to feature as many submitted photos as possible on our Instagram via feed or story. Please let us know your Instagram name when you send your photos to have a chance. And don't forget to follow us to see all the features: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/swissphotoclub/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">@swissphotoclub</a>.

Join our photography competition and get your photos exhibited at the famous PhotoBastei gallery in central Zurich.

Photography Competition + Exhibition in Zurich

Join our famous photography competition with your best photo(s) and get them exhibited at Gallery PhotoBastei in Zurich

This photography competition is open to all photography enthusiasts, amateur or professional.

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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.


It is all about connecting – that is what photography stands for.
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.

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.

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.

I was born in Brazil in 1977 in a small city and since my childhood, I had a desire to know the world. My dad is a painter/sculptor and my mom is a poetess and their huge sensitive hearts shaped my life. I have travelled to many countries in Europe, Americas, Africa and Asia that influenced me hugely in my creative work. I had lived in New York and Barcelona from the past ten years, and now I’ve moved to Zurich. I have an obsession for the new. I thrive in changing environments and experiencing new opportunities. I dedicated 15 years working as a fashion designer and the past 10 years I´ve been working as a photographer. Doing fashion photo reports for Shoesplanet.com, street style for Trendstop.com, concerts for Stadtkonzerte.ch and also covering specials events and weddings. 2018 I won the first prize of “Swiss Photo Club Awards“ and had the picture at an exhibited at the Photobastei Gallery, Zürich. Now I am one of the photograph instructors of the Swiss Photo Club.&nbsp;In February of 2019, The Guardian editors have picked one of my images as one of their favourite entries to Portrait of Humanity. My&nbsp;picture “Collecting shells” was the people´s choice winner. The British Journal of Photography made an interview with me and published another 7 images. I have a degree in Public Relations, Fashion Designer and a post-graduate in Design and Culture. I study black &amp; white photography in New York and photo and movie edition in Barcelona.

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>

Actually, my professional career was predestined: Studies of architecture at the University of fine arts in Berlin, then years of experience in this field in Switzerland. Turning my secondary job – the photography – into the main occupation was due to the satisfaction following this passion. Studying photography in Zürich made way for a professional career as a photographer. Even if architecture is the main subject in his pictures, other genres always provide a wonderful balance, keep the mind awake and the photographic eye open.

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).

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;

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.

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;

Jürgen&nbsp;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&nbsp;Korbut&nbsp;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&nbsp;<a href="http://annakorbut.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">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!

Je suis née en Italie et j'ai vécu dans ses plus belles villes : Rome, Venise, Florence, Milan. Je suis ingénieur civil, officielement, mais j'ai toujours cultivé un amour pour toutes les formes d'art. J'ai étudié art dramatique à Milan et j'ai participé à plusieurs publicités et spectacles de théâtre mais j'ai trouvé ma voie dans la photographie grâce au Swiss Photo Club. Je vis en Suisse depuis 14 ans avec ma famille et c'est ici, à Zurich, que j'ai pris un vieil appareil photo Reflex et que j'ai commencé à suivre mes premiers cours. Je n'ai pas arrêté depuis. J'ai suivi d'autres cours, des ateliers, des voyages photo jusqu'à mes premiers contacts directs avec des agences qui m'ont engagé pour des photos publicitaires et de marketing. Je me promène toujours dans les rues avec un appareil photo à la recherche de moments à voler, à la recherche de la beauté. La photographie m'a permis de la voir partout, dans les endroits les plus inattendus. J'aime la photographie de rue, sous toutes ses formes : le minimalisme dans la géométrie d'une ville, les reflets, les lumières et les ombres, les détails mais aussi les histoires que la rue peut nous raconter avec ses habitants.

Chris Knight was born in Wiesbaden, Germany and hardened by the sweaty, nearly chewable, humidity of Florida. He combines his unconditional love of art history with his conditional love of technology, topping it off with a flair for the cinematic and an uncompromising eye for detail.His work has appeared in or on Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, L Official, GQ,&nbsp;People, MSNBC, ABC, Oxygen, Ocean Drive, and others.Chris is the author of The Dramatic Portrait, a Profoto Legend of Light, Fujifilm Creator, and an instructor at Pratt Institute as well as the New York Film Academy.

My professional journey began with a commercial apprenticeship at Swiss Bank Corporation, now UBS, in St. Gallen. I then worked in the financial sector for over twenty years in Geneva, London, New York and Zurich. After a sabbatical, I decided to take a new path and teach myself web design.As a web designer, it is a matter close to my heart to realize the individual wishes of my customers as versatile as possible. That's why I started to work intensively with Photoshop. Through this process, I not only discovered my artistic streak, but I also learned how to be successful on social media. I got the chance to work with international agencies, brands and artists. These exciting developments have awakened my passion to develop myself continuously. A current and fascinating topic is artificial intelligence and its exciting applications in the world of image creation and editing. I am curious how this new challenge will inspire me and enrich and change my work.

The British-born, New York-based photographer Phil Penman has documented the ever-changing scene of New York City’s streets for more than 25 years. In his career as a news and magazine photographer, with a large body of work in such publications as The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Review of Books, among others, he has photographed major public figures and historical events. In particular, his reportage following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center has featured on NBC’s Today show, as well as on the BBC, History Channel, and Al Jazeera, and his images have been included in the 9/11 Memorial and Museum’s archives.His work covering the pandemic lockdown in New York City has been acquired by the U.S. Library of Congress, whose collection holds work by such great Depression-era documentarians as Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange. Besides showing at Leica galleries in New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, and London, Penman’s signature street photography has appeared in international exhibitions as far afield as Venice, Berlin, and Sydney.He also tours the world teaching workshops on photography for Leica Akademie. He was recently named among the “52 Most Influential Street Photographers,” alongside such legends as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastião Salgado, Diane Arbus, and Garry Winogrand. Penman’s first book, Street, published in 2019, became a best-seller and was featured at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

SPC Photo Awards Zurich: May 2024