Alt. +1000 festival of contemporary photography open 13th July to 22 September, will offer a new way to see the unspoilt village of Rossinière and discover thirty photographers from Switzerland and around the world.
“Altitude” is both the name and the theme of the 2013 festival – while still focused on the mountain, it is expanding its horizons to take in the broadest perspective yet. This is also the start of a new rhythm as from now on it will run every two years. Twelve exhibitions will combine work by young and established photographers. They will also introduce the work of the five winners of the 2013 Alt. +1000 competition – open to photographers under 40 – and pieces by students at the Seoul school of photography. At the same time the public will be able to discover the works of Simon Norfolk, winner of the 4th Prix Pictet Commission, on display in Switzerland for the first time, those of Genevan photographer Nicolas Crispini and the American artist Penelope Umbrico, and others. And finally, an exhibition will bring together a first retrospective of the Swissair ads created by the Swiss photographer Georg Gerster from the 1970s to the 1990s. www.plus1000.ch