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The anniversary program of Photo Münsingen 2026

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Photo Münsingen 2026: Colours of Life – Life in all its facets

"Colours of Life," in its broadest sense, represents the diversity of human experiences, feelings, and life paths, which, like different shades of paint, combine to form a personal whole. Life includes joy, pain, everyday life, and exceptional moments, lending it depth, contrast, and intensity. It is important to consciously perceive and shape this diversity in order to experience one's own life as vibrant, meaningful, and unique.

Photo exhibitions

Marginalized people on the fringes of Hollywood glamour

Carlos Leal is a versatile Swiss artist who has made an international name for himself as a musician, actor, and photographer. His powerful photo exhibition «Heroes of Another Story» Carlos Leal directs his empathetic gaze towards the unseen inhabitants of Los Angeles. His minimalist, understated visual language captures moments of quiet strength and inner resilience, meeting his subjects with profound respect and on equal terms.

Birds are becoming rare – increasingly rare.

Human activity, the decline of their habitats and stopover sites along migration routes, endanger the birds. Their colors, songs, and graceful beauty are being lost. The photo exhibition «Aux Oiseaux» Lili Roze He seeks an artistic approach to this coexistence. If beauty can save the world, then we begin with the beauty of birds.

Punks in a socially deprived area

Blackpool, the once magnificent seaside resort northwest of Manchester, has long since seen its best days. The punks, who gather there every August, have also lost their revolutionary status. Both seem out of step with the times. Their despair and pessimism, but also their motto "Punks not dead," reflect this. Boris Müller in his photo exhibition «Blackpool».

Art meets science

Giles Revells Visual language blurs the line between still photography and moving images. He uses a high-speed camera to document his work. «DANCER» The dancers of the Royal Opera House. This resulted in works of pure artistic beauty.

My face and my body are the main instruments.

As a model in front of the camera, she uses Katerina Belkina the ancient theatrical practice of role-playing. The photography therefore closely resembles a theatrical performance. Her mixed-media work "Grimms' Fairy Tales" combines classic painting colors, photographic reality and collage tradition with digital brushwork to create dreamlike, weightless light spaces from everyday observations.

Trees in reduced landscapes

The series «Digital Art» Kathrin Federer It explores the quiet presence of individual trees in expansive, minimalist landscapes – often in combination with powerful sky structures and atmospheric cloud formations. It's about reduction, precision, atmosphere, and the question of how little or how much an image needs to be powerful.

Blind spot

Valentina Verdasca On her wanderings, she discovers "blind spots"—striking buildings, surprising perspectives, or hidden places that fascinate through their form, color, or atmosphere. With her friend Oona, she brings these scenes to life: contrasting the emptiness, playing with shapes, and merging with the evocative world of color, as seen in the photo exhibition. "Blind spot".

Club photography

An important element of Photo Münsingen is club photography. The goal of the 43 teams is to capture the «Photo Münsingen Award 2026» to win on the topic of «Colours of Life».

The photo clubs of Regio Photo (A collaboration between three countries) from Münsingen, Riedisheim and Kirchzarten present pictures on the theme "Minimalism" .

PHOTOSUISSE alongside the photo exhibition "Architecture" even the best and "The best of 2025".

Further photo exhibitions

15 photographers exhibit their work in the Photo arena.

Sandra Eigenheer and Marco Zedler celebrate the poetry of nature. Kathrin Federer and Markus Eichenberger explore vast landscapes. Beatrice Hildbrand celebrates the beauty of existence. Joep Hijwegen captures the light of the late hour. Guido Klumpe shows the urban space. Elena Martynyuk It transports us to fantasy worlds. It stages an ode to stillness. Lea Meienberg. David Wagnières celebrates the creativity of theatre.

The photo exhibition «In Colours» showcases the best works from the youth competition «U25 Photo Challenge»The ten most extraordinary books of photo book competition can be seen at the Bookfactory booth.

Photo competitions, photo workshops, audiovisual productions, lectures and events

Photo contests

The best entries from the following photo competitions: “Competition for photo clubs”, «U25 Photo Challenge» and Photo Book Contest They can be seen in the corresponding photo exhibitions.

Photo workshops

With more than 30 photo workshops Photo Münsingen offers a wide range of photographic training courses, which can be booked immediately.

Audio vision

  • One highlight is the multimedia presentation. “Wonder of Earth” Christian KleppThe geoscientist and landscape photographer takes you on a spectacular journey to remote places that tell the story of the Earth's constant change.
  • Four blocks of music are held every afternoon in the fire station hall. audiovisual short productions gezeigt.

Lectures

Lectures on a wide variety of topics Markus Eichenberger, Tobias Ryser, Joep Hijwegen, Miriam Bennouna, Remo Zehnder, Chiara Ruoss, Ralf Turtschi and Christian Reding.

Events

  • For the first time, Photo Münsingen, in collaboration with Stämpfli Kommunikation, is presenting the «PROMPT BATTLE» In this live event, two players at a time are given a task to complete quickly using AI tools. The audience then evaluates the results.
  • Photographing under expert guidance? Photo booth Photo Münsingen 2026 makes this possible for visitors.
  • Felix Maurer He creates portraits on location using his analog instant camera.
  • To mark the 25th anniversary, visitors can enjoy the Photo booth They can even step in front of the camera themselves. Whether alone or in a group, they pose and take their personal souvenir photo with them directly as a high-quality, free print or send it to their smartphone.
  • The awards ceremonies for this year will also take place at PHOTOSUISSE at Photo Münsingen.

 

The 25th and last Photo Münsingen

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The 25th Photo Münsingen will take place over the Ascension Day period from May 14 to 17, 2026. As always, the anniversary will feature numerous creative photo exhibitions by renowned photographers, photography clubs from Germany and abroad, interesting photo workshops, and audiovisual productions. We will announce the program at the beginning of 2026.

Unfortunately, 2026 will also be the last Photo Münsingen. Due to staffing and financial constraints, the popular photo event held in the beautiful Schlossgut grounds has been discontinued. Despite intensive efforts, we have not been able to fill vacancies in the leadership of the organizing committee and the various departments. Furthermore, it is becoming increasingly difficult to retain sponsors and partners or to find new ones.

With its unique format, Photo Münsingen has attracted thousands of interested visitors year after year, both across Switzerland and beyond. We look back with pride on countless photo exhibitions and workshops, both from the photography club scene and from renowned professional photographers.

Now we are fully committed to ensuring that the 25th Photo Münsingen anniversary will be a magnificent finale with special attractions.

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Four passionate photo days

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More than 3000 photography enthusiasts visited Photo Münsingen 2025 over the Ascension Day holidays. Passion wasn't just the theme of many of the photo exhibitions. "The photographers also demonstrated that they do their work with great passion," said organizing committee president Urs Hintermann.

The highlights

This year's theme—passion—offered space for a variety of photo exhibitions. Among the most impressive images are certainly the human sculptures of Louis Blanc's «cORpuS», Hansruedi Ramsauer's «Surreal worlds» and Kostas Maros' «HIDDEN – Hidden Places in Switzerland».

The competitions

«Passion» was also the theme of the «U25 Photo Challenge", the competition for young people, which was won this year by Janis Fasel with an impressive surfer photo. The "Photo Club Competition». The first prize went to the photography club of the Migros St. Gallen Club School with their work "Living Passion in Tango." Finally, in the third competition – «The most beautiful photo book in SwitzerlandManuel C. Studer won the "Fishing Championship" award, which Photo Münsingen organizes annually in collaboration with Bookfactory. His book "The Fisherman's Championship" is dedicated to Lake Constance fishermen and impressed with its impressive black-and-white images.

The multimedia show on Friday evening

The photographer demonstrated passion for the underwater world Raphael Studer with his multimedia lecture “Deep Thrill: Fascinating Underwater World”, which impressed with fascinating images of everything from the smallest microorganisms to giant whales.

Thanks to the helpers and sponsors

The organizing committee thanks the more than 100 volunteers, all exhibitors, speakers, and generous sponsors, including in particular the main sponsors Bookfactory, Nikon and Photo Vision Zumstein.

The 25th edition of Photo Münsingen

The next Photo Münsingen will take place from 14 to 17 May 2026. It will be something very special, as we will be celebrating the 25th edition of Photo Münsingen, the popular photo event.

The photos and the press review

To the photo gallery of Photo Münsingen 2025…

To the press review of print media…

To the press review of online services…

St. Gallen wins the Photo Münsingen Award 2025

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The Photo Münsingen Award 2025 goes to the photography club of the Migros St. Gallen Club School. The panel "Living Passion in Tango" received the highest score from the three-member jury.

38 photo clubs from Switzerland and neighboring countries took part in the «Photo Club Competition» and were asked to photographically capture the theme of «passion».

Dance was strongly represented

The jury, consisting of Susanna Brändli, Sandra Gygax-Zehnder, and Raymond Zurschmitten, evaluated the submitted works. The tableaux were judged on their relevance to the given theme, their composition, and their technique.

"It quickly became clear that all tableaux were submitted with consistently good quality and that the theme of dance was strongly represented," the three jurors summarize.

Elegant composition of dance and passion 

The winning tableau, "Living Passion in Tango," by the photography club of the Migros Club School in St. Gallen, showcases an elegant composition of dance and passion. The photographs are technically perfect. The color scheme, as well as the devotion, eroticism, and sensuality, impressed us. The images are stylish and have a rigorous visual statement, which we consider appropriate for tango dancing, the jury writes in the exhibition catalog.

Second place goes to EFFVAS Bern with the panel "Pipe Smoking," followed by Fotoklub Sense with "Boy's Dream." Fourth to sixth place goes to Fotoclub Blende 8, Bern ("A Touch of Andalusia"), the CAPM Club d'Activités Photo de Meyrin ("Tango"), and the Photo Club Gland ("Tango Passion").

All panels will be on display at Photo Münsingen in the Schlossgutsaal (castle estate hall). Visitors can also judge the photography clubs' work and win attractive prizes there. Six winners will be randomly selected from all submitted tickets. The grand prize will be a Nikon camera and vouchers from Foto Video Zumstein.

The theme of the «Photo Club Competition 2026»

It is already known and is: “Colours of Life”.

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Photo Münsingen 2025: Passion in Photography

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Experience how photographers implement this theme at Photo Münsingen 2025. You will be amazed at how much stamina it takes to implement a photographic project. You have to push your body to its limits, brave the storms, go to places that are hard to reach and use the latest technology.

Valentin Felder – An Unwound Clockwork

«An Unwound Clockwork» is the English title for «The Gearbox in the Sand» and is a 30-minute stop motionanimated film in Steampunkaesthetic, using modern features with Victorian-era materials, creating a retro look. The project was started in 2013 by Valentin Felder and a friend while they were at school. It has evolved part-time over the years and has been continuously documented with behind-the-scenes pictures and videos to keep the project's supporters up to date.

Kostas Maros – HID­DEN

You will come across the shoe cabinets in the opera house's costume department everywhere at Photo Münsingen 2025; they adorn leaflets and posters. What is behind them? They are part of the project «HIDDEN» by the Basel photographer Kostas Maros and the art historian Catherine Iselin. Over the course of two years, the two of them visited 25 places in Switzerland that are inaccessible to us or remain hidden. These places are fascinating and arouse curiosity. With a professional camera, wide-angle lens and great depth of field, Kostas Maros manages to breathe life into the hidden places.

Daniel Brändli – Pas­sio­na­te Denisa

The photo exhibition «Passionate Denisa» is a tribute to the model Denisa Strakova. Daniel Brändli describes her as the most passionate in terms of her professionalism.

Thomas Wunsch – CODE OF HONOR

Thomas Wunsch began working in the field of photography at the age of 17 when he moved to the USA and became a member of the Kodak Young Photographers League. He specialized in portrait, fashion and abstract photography and had numerous celebrities in front of his lens. His works have been exhibited worldwide and published as LP and CD covers. His photo exhibition «CODE OF HO­NOR» belongs to informal-abstract photography.

The work of the photo clubs

The central component of Photo Münsingen is the «Photo Club Competition». 38 photo club teams from Switzerland and neighboring countries are competing to win the «Photo Münsingen Award 2025» with their competition entry.

Further photo exhibitions

Photo Arena

In our unique, circular screen arena, ten works on a free topic are shown every two minutes.

 Deep Water Rush: Fascination Underwater World

In this multimedia show with live commentary, Ra­pha­el Stu­der the secrets of the oceans. From microscopic creatures to various shark species and giant whales.

Dive in and let yourself be enchanted by the thrill of the depths.

Photo Book Contest

Have you created a unique photo book? Whether it is a travel photo book, impressions from a city, a portrait of a fellow human being or beautiful landscape pictures. Everything is possible. The Photo Book Contest in cooperation with our main sponsor bookfactory runs until April 6, 2025.

U25 Photo Challenge

The youth competition «U25 Photo Challenge» starts on March 1, 2025. Teenagers and young adults born in 2000 and later can participate until March 31, 2025.

 Lectures

Book a date now!

Photo Münsingen also belong to this year audiovisual productions and Photo workshops. Take a look at our program now and mark the Ascension Days from May 29th to June 1st, 2025 in your agenda. We look forward to your visit.

Looking back on four wonderful photo days

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With the theme of “Music”, Photo Münsingen attracted numerous photo enthusiasts to the Aare Valley over the Ascension Days. “The combination of photography and music was very well received by the audience,” says OK President Urs Hintermann, satisfied with this year’s edition.

“We received a lot of positive feedback on the exhibitions and events surrounding our main topic,” says Hintermann. That's what they were like Mussorgsky concert on Thursday with the photographically interpreted “Pictures at an Exhibition” or the multimedia lecture “The Art of Transformation” sold out by rock star photographer Hannes Schmid.

This year, visitors once again appreciated the exchange with the photographers or were inspired by their work. Thanks to the spring weather, the open-air exhibitions in and around the Münsinger Schlossgut area could be enjoyed to the fullest - always accompanied by melodious performances.

The organizing committee thanks the more than 100 helpers as well as sponsors, patrons and partners. Among them the main sponsors Nikon, Bookfactory and Foto Video Zumstein.

Photo Münsingen 2025 will take place from May 29th to June 1st, 2025. The Photo Club Competition takes place on the theme of “Passion”.

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To the press reports…

Camera Club Brown Boveri wins the club competition

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The "Photo Münsingen Award 2018" goes to the CCBB Camera Club Brown Boveri. The photo club from Baden won over the jury in the "Move" competition with its work "Damm".

62 photo clubs took part in the competition with their tableaux consisting of a maximum of five images. "The jury wasn't easy, but we were quite in agreement about the top places," said Lorenz Andreas Fischer at the vernissage. He, Susanna Brändli and Beat Mumenthaler judged the submitted pictures. The three experts evaluated the implementation of the "Move" competition theme in the areas of theme/effect, composition and technique.

The photo club Sense, the Fotofreunde Oberaargau, the Club d'activités photo de Meyrin, the Société Genevoise de Photographie and the photo club Rapperswil-Jona ranked second to sixth.

All 62 works are exhibited in the Schlossgutsaal during Photo Münsingen. Visitors can now also judge the pictures there and win nice prizes: the winners will be drawn from all the submitted competition coupons on Sunday, May 13th. You can win a Nikon and a Fuji camera, a photo tripod from Zumstein and photo book vouchers from CEWE.

To the winning tableaus of the club competition ...

Countries, people, Instagram: The highlights of Photo Münsingen 2018

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The construction of the exhibitions is in full swing, in two days the Photo Münsingen will open its doors. A highlight of this 19th edition is the exhibition "Oh, Amiland!" by Henna and Arthur Honegger. During his time as America correspondent, the 10vor10 presenter photographed “America with a difference” together with his wife Henna.

Other photographers also talk about countries and people at Photo Münsingen 2018. In the project "Alps" Lorenz Andreas Fischer explores alpine landscapes through the ages. Florian Spring shows in his exhibition "In the nest of the crocodiles" a report about an indigenous tribe in Papua New Guinea. Beat Mumenthaler grants insights into the souls of personalities in "Close to your soul". Ueli Bühler from Rubigen shows in "Fascination Iceland" grandiose landscapes.

One focus is the new Instagram photo medium. Nine successful Instagram photographers from Switzerland present pictures on various topics on the Schlossweg. Tobias Meyer alias @cosmokoala and the @ helvetic-collectiv invite you to Meet & Greet to the Spycher youth center. With a Panel discussion and a seminar on Instagram.

In the photo club competition, 62 teams are presenting their work on the topic this year "Move" out. There are surreal worlds in the exhibitions of Janine Machiedo (D) and Susanne Jung to discover. Daniel Rohr and Bruno Kneubühler create fascinating lighting strips, flashlights and fireworks "Light art".

This variety of exhibitions is complemented by numerous audio visions. A highlight here is Multivision "Brazil" from Dr. Heiko Beyer on Friday evening. In addition to around 25 seminars, Photo Münsingen also offers free lectures by exhibiting photographers and the photo experts of the sponsors. Visit for example 'The way to your own style' with Beat Mumenthaler, that public photo shoot with Christoph Ris or the lecture 'Oh Amiland!' by Henna and Arthur Honegger.

Opening times, directions and the brochure for Photo Münsingen 2018 can be found here here…

Photo club competition judged

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62 tableaus with a maximum of five images – that is how many works the jurors Lorenz Andreas Fischer, Susanna Brändli and Beat Mumenthaler (on the image from left to right) had to judge. Now the winning tableau of the photo club competition has been determined. The winners of the coveted "Photo Münsingen Award 2018" will be announced at the vernissage on May 9th. All 62 works on the subject of "Move" will then be exhibited in the Schlossgutsaal during Photo Münsingen.

More information about the competition ...

Photo Münsingen Award 2019: The topic

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"Short story" is the theme of the photo club competition for next year's Photo Münsingen in 2019. The photo clubs will receive detailed information on the 2019 competition and the registration process at the end of May 2018. Interested photo clubs who have not received any documents by then can contact Rudolf Mäusli, President of OK Photo Münsingen.

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