Swiss Photo Award

What's New in 2011?

AWARD
The ewz.selection award singles out the best works of Swiss photography produced in a given calendar year.  

 

Photography awards
The jury selects the 18 best submissions and hands out the photography awards:

• ewz.selection award for the best work overall (CHF 15'000)
• Julius Bär Foundation photo prize for Fine Arts Photography (CHF 5'000)
• Bolero photo prize for Fashion (5'000 CHF)
• Hochparterre photo prize for Architecture  (CHF 5'000)
• photo prize vereinigung fotografischer gestalterInnen vfg for Commercial Photography (CHF 5'000)
• SonntagsZeitung photo prize for Journalistic Photography (CHF 5'000)
• photo prize for Free Photography offered by Alpa (CHF 5000)

NB: the Art Commission of the Julius Baer bank makes an additional purchase of a work.

 
The works selected are published in a catalogue, displayed on the homepage and shown in an exhibition in Zurich, whose opening night is a party with some 1,000 guests.

Jury 2011

• Joachim Baldauf, Fotograf, Hamburg (Fashion und Werbung)
• Lukas Frei, Creative Director Jung von Matt/Limmat, Zürich (Werbung und Fashion)
• Jean Révillard, photographe, directeur de l'agence rezo, Genève (Redaktionelle Fotografie)
•  Thomas Meyer, Fotograf, Geschäftsleiter der Fotografenagentur Ostkreuz, Berlin
• Hans Danuser, Künstler, Zürich (Architecture) 
• Meret Ernst, Hochparterre, Zürich
• Timothy Persons, Helsinki School, Gallery TAIK, Helsinki (Fine Arts und Free)
• Claudia Jolles, Chefredaktorin Kunstbulletin, Zürich (Free und Fine Arts)
• Urs Wolf, Isa Stürm Urs Wolf SA, Architekten ETH BSA, Zürich