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The work of contemporary photographers in the unspoiled village of Rossinière, Switzerland.

Next edition, Summer 2013

The Alt. +1000 competition will be announced in Spring 2012.

Please fill the form on the contact page if you want to be informed about the Alt. +1000 competition.

The village of Rossinière in the foothills of the Swiss Alps is reputed for its 17th- and 18th- century architecture and its verdant setting. The photography festival contrasts this vernacular village identity with the questioning, inquisitive and provocative viewpoints of contemporary imagemakers.

Mountains have been instrumental in defining identities, in Switzerland, as elsewhere in the world. Are the mountains still a source of inspiration for today’s creators? How do perceptions of them shift as their populations disappear and references are more and more limited to the urban world? In Summer 2011, 10 exhibitions featuring 40 international artists were held in various spaces of the village of Rossinière.

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+1000 and 1 mountains competition

Here are the results of the +1000 and 1 mountains competition. And the winner is…
1st price_G. M. Monnerat
2nd price_Silvia Nolan
3rd price_Mark Nolan

 
Daniel Shea

Last days…

The exhibitions will close on Monday September 19, 6:30pm.

 
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Panel discussion September 17, 4pm

‘TET A TET?: échanges artistiques entre la Suisse et le Kirghizstan’ (Artistic exchanges between Switzerland and Kyrgyzstan). A residential project organised by the Focus Association. In the presence of Shakyla Hussain, President of the Focus association, and of Kyrgyz artists… + read more

 
+1000 (c) Matthieu Gafsou WEB

Panel discussion September 10, 4pm

The Alps, a symbol of Swiss identity? Swiss photographers tackle the theme of the identity of the mountain
With photographers Federico Berardi, Olivier Christinat, Matthieu Gafsou, Joël Tettamanti, Stefan Walter