Call for entries
Work : photographs on the theme +1000 metres altitude
deadline : 31st May 2012 | information and application form on competition Alt. +1000 page
Daniel Shea (detail)
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Daniel Shea (detail)
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.
+1000 and 1 mountains Competition
Because photography is not an exclusive privilege for professionals, High Altitude is inviting you to share your vision of the mountain, naturalist or imagined, and participate in the +1000 and 1 mountains competion on the Facebook page of… + read more
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Save the date : Opening on Saturday July 16. Exhibitions open from 2:00 pm to 8:30 pm.
Workshop Alt. +1000 : a few places left…
August 8-12, 2011 : the festival organizes a workshop with the highly-acclaimed photographer Olivo Barbieri. A few places are left, please read the detailed programme on the page ‘workshop’.