CURRENT EXHIBITION
A Living Archive
of the Photographic Eye
Forty years of devotion. 500 cameras. 21,000 books. 50,000 original prints. The collected memory of photography itself, preserved on the shores of Lake Geneva.
FOUNDERS
Michel & Michèle Auer
Working for forty years on a collection rare in its richness and diversity — cameras, books, unpublished works, original prints, posters and ephemera that retrace the history of photography from 1839 to today.
Alongside, an encyclopaedic work on the men and women who made photography and elevated it to a new level.
500
Cameras
From 1839 onward
21k
Books
Photographic literature
50k
Original prints
Catalogued, preserved
40
Years
Of collecting
SELECTED WORKS
From the collection
Object
Sculptural portrait
From the foundation’s rotating exhibitions of contemporary work.
Painting
Coastal study
Works alongside photography — the foundation’s expanded view of the image.
Archive
19th-century print
Engravings, postcards, posters — the visual culture surrounding photography.
ENCYCLOPEDIA & LIBRARY
The men & women who made photography
An evolving, daily-updated international encyclopedia of photographers — from the inventors of the medium to forgotten and overlooked artists awaiting rediscovery. A reference library of 21,000 volumes underpins it.
Enter the encyclopedia →
VISIT
10, rue du Couchant
CH–1248 Hermance, Geneva
HOURS
By appointment
Researchers, students & friends of the foundation welcome year-round.
CONTACT
+41 22 751 27 83
info@auerphoto.org