Spectrum - Photography in Switzerland was established in 2017 as a successor to ASIP (ASIP - Association Suisse des institutions pour la photographie was founded in 1996 as an association of Swiss photographic institutions).
Spectrum - Photography in Switzerland now welcomes not only photo institutions, collective members but also individual members who are active in the field of collection, mediation, processing and discussion of photography in Switzerland. The association promotes communication, networking among the various individual and institutional actors, museums, galleries, collections, archives, libraries, schools, and supports contact with politics and cultural policy. Spectrum is committed to the importance of photography in Swiss culture.
All individuals and institutions working in the field of photography in Switzerland or in neighbouring regions can become members of Spectrum - Photography in Switzerland. These institutions and individuals are currently members of Spectrum:
Collective Members
- Les Archives cantonales vaudoises, Chavannes-près-Renens
- Alex Kayser Foundation
- Alt. +1000, La Brévine & Le Locle
- Archivio Roberto Donetta, Corzoneso
- Archivio di Stato del Cantone Ticino, Bellinzona
- Arte F Galerie, Zurich
- Artphilein: Artphilein Library, Artphilein Bookstore, and Focus Artphilein, Lugano
- Association pour la promotion de la photographie dans le canton de Neuchâtel
- Bibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire, Fribourg
- BelleVue – Ort für Fotografie, Basel
- Bernische Stiftung für Fotografie, Film, Video, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern
- Bibliothèque de la Ville Département Audiovisuel, La Chaux-de-Fonds
- Bildarchiv der ETH-Bibliothek, Zurich
- Bildhalle, Zurich
- blackprint, Zurich
- Camera Arts, Lucerne
- CAP Association, Basel
- Centre d'enseignement professionnel, Vevey
- Centre d’iconographie de la Bibliothèque de Genève, Geneva
- Centre de la photographie Genève, Geneva
- Christoph Merian Verlag, Basel
- Coalmine, Winterthur
- Cons Arc Galleria, Chiasso
- Digital Humanities Lab, Universität Basel, Basel
- ECAL/Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne, Lausanne
- Edward Quinn Archive AG
- Eiger Foundation, Genève
- F+F Schule für Kunst, Zurich
- Focale galerie et libraire, Nyon
- Fondation Herzog, Basel
- Fondation Taurus pour les arts et les sciences, Lausanne
- Fondazione Rolla, Bruzella
- Fotofestival Lenzburg, Lenzburg
- Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
- Fotostiftung Schweiz, Winterthur
- Galerie & Edition Witschi, Zurich
- Galerie Wertheimer, Oberwil
- Galerie Gowen, Geneva
- Galerie 94, Baden
- The Gilles Caron Fondation, Geneva
- HEAD, Pool Photographie, Geneva
- Images Vevey, Vevey
- International Photo Festival Olten
- Journées photographiques de Bienne, Biel
- Keystone, Zurich
- Kunsthistorisches Institut, Geschichte der Bildenden Kunst, University of Zurich
- Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne
- Laboratorium Media AG, Zurich
- Lehr- und Forschungsstelle für Theorie und Geschichte der Fotografie, University of Zurich
- Lumen – Association Pour la Promotion de la Photographie et l'Image, Geneva
- m.a.x. Museo, Chiasso
- MAZ – Die Schweizer Journalistenschule, Studienbereich Fotografie, Lucerne
- Mediathèque Valais (Centre valaisan du film et de la photographie), Martigny
- MEMORIAV, Bern
- MUSEC Lugano
- Musée d’art et d’histoire, Neuchâtel
- Musée des beaux-arts du Locle, Le Locle
- Musée gruérien et bibliothèque de Bulle, Bulle
- Musée Historique Lausanne, Lausanne
- Musée Olympique, Lausanne
- Musée suisse de l'appareil photographique, Vevey
- Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana (MASI), Lugano
- Museo d'arte Mendrisio
- Museum Bellpark, Kriens
- Museum für Kommunikation, Bern
- Near. Swiss Association for contemporary Photography, Lausanne
- Nicola Erni Collection, Zug
- Nuit de la photo de la Chaux-de-Fonds
- Photo Elysée, Lausanne
- Photoforum Pasquart, Biel
- Scheidegger & Spiess. Kunst, Fotografie, Architektur, Verlag, Zurich
- Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek, Bern
- Stadtmuseum Aarau, Aarau
- Staatsarchiv Aargau, Aarau
- Swiss National Museum, Affoltern am Albis, Prangins, Schwyz, Zurich
- Talmuseum Engelberg, Stiftung Josef Amstutz-Langenstein, Engelberg
- Transbordeur, Lausanne
- Ufficio della Cultura, Chiasso
- Verein Fotohistorikerinnen und Fotohistoriker, Zurich
- Verzasca Foto Festival, Verzasca Valley
Individual Members
- Miryam Abebe, Curator and Blogger
- Francesco Arese Visconti, Director of the School of Communications Programs at Webster
University Geneva
- Dominik Bachmann, responsible for the Eric Bachmann estate
- Katrin Bauer, Curator
- Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Photographer, CEPV
- Marco Bischof, Director Werner Bischof Estate
- Estelle Blaschke, Professor and Photography historian
- Daniel Blochwitz, Photography historian
- Sabina Bobst, Lecturer and Photographer
- Julie Bonzon, Curator
- Henrietta Bopp Somodi, Curator and Photography historian
- Jörg Brockmann, Galerist
- Dr Vera Chiquet, Photo Historian, Academic Lecturer, Digital Humanities Lab, University of Basel
- Alberto Chollet, Producer
- Eloi Contesse, Archivist
- Nassim Daghighian, Photo theorist
- Michèle Dick, Research curator
- Nathalie Dietschy, Photography historian
- Christophe Dutoit, researcher, curator, editor, journalist and photographer
- Miriam Edmunds, Photography historian
- Sven Eisenhut, Director photo basel
- William Ewing, Photography historian, Curator
- Birgit Filzmaier, Gallerist
- Dr Peter Fornaro, Academic Lecturer, Deputy Director, Photography Historian, Founding Member of the Digital Humanities Lab, University of Basel
- Martin Gasser, Photography historian
- Kathrin Gurtner, Archivist and Photography historian
- Christoph Guye, Gallerist
- Nanina Guyer, Curator for historical photography, Museum Rietberg
- Melody Gygax, Photo Editor, Curator, Development Manager
- Elahe Helbig, Art and Photography historian
- Sophie Junge, Art and Photography historian
- Stella Jungmann, Photography historian
- Ildiko Kovács, Archivist, Historian, and Researcher
- Tobias Laukemper, Lecturer and Editor
- Pauline Martin, Curator, Director of Swiss Camera Museum
- Cinzia Martorana, Photography conservator and Curator
- Paul Mellenthin, Researcher
- Ulrike Meyer Stump, Photography historian
- Peter Michels, Author and Teacher
- Anita Mischler, Curator
- Patrizia Munforte, Art und Photography historian
- Gabriel Müller, Antiquarian and Art dealer
- Caroline Nicod, Art historian and Curator
- Koni Nordmann, Photo editor, Adviser and Lecturer
- Daniela Nowakowski, Photography historiar
- Nadine Olonetzy, Author
- Michael Pfister, Curator, Creative Director, Photo Director
- Barbara Polla, Gallerist and Curator
- Diana Poole, Art Advisor
- Nadine Reding, Photography Conservator
- Feli Schindler, Art journalist
- Madeleine Schuppli, Art historian and Curator
- Urs Stahel, Curator, Writer, Editor
- Ricabeth Steiger, Curator of historical photography
- Martin Stollenwerk, Director of Photography at SIK-ISEA
- Dominique Uldry, Teacher and Photographer
- Fritz Franz Vogel, Photography historian and Publisher
- Patricia von Ah, Photographer and Researcher
- Alessa Widmer, PhD candidate in Photography history and theory
- Muriel Willi, PhD candidate at Swiss National Science Foundation (FNS)
- Esther Woerdehoff, Gallerist
- Romano Zerbini, Director of Photobastei