Fotomuseum Winterthur

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Fotomuseum Winterthur is a museum of photography in Winterthur, Switzerland.HistoryThe museum was founded in 1993 and is dedicated to photography as art form and document, and as a representation of reality. Fotomuseum Winterthur is an art gallery for photography by contemporary photographers and artists; a traditional museum for works by 19th and 20th century masters; and a cultural-historical, sociological museum of applied photography in the fields of industry, architecture, fashion, etc. (with exhibitions on police photography, industrial photography, dam-construction photography, medical photography etc.). These three orientations form the basis of the museum's exhibition program and accompanying publications and events.Together with Fotostiftung Schweiz, Fotomuseum Winterthur has been running a Center of Photography since autumn of 2003, with a bistro, a library, seminar rooms, a lounge, and a shop. On the new expanded premises, and in addition to the changing exhibitions, Fotomuseum Winterthur presents changing shows of works from its collection of contemporary photography.Fotomuseum Winterthur is located at Grüzenstrasse 44 and 45, in two buildings on opposite sides of the road. The exhibition area is 1000m2 and the total area (including the area shared with Fotostiftung Schweiz) is 3000m2.Contemporary photographers and artists that have exhibited at Fotomuseum Winterthur include Lewis Baltz, William Eggleston, Nan Goldin, Andreas Gursky, Roni Horn, and Boris Mikhailov. 19th and 20th century masters that have exhibited at Karl Blossfeldt, Bill Brandt, Dorothea Lange, Lisette Model, Albert Renger-Patzsch, August Sander, Charles Sheeler, Edward Weston, and Weegee.LocationTogether, Fotomuseum Winterthur and Fotostiftung Schweiz constitute the new Center of Photography in Winterthur, which occupies buildings on either side of Grüzenstrasse. The existing premises of the FMW in Grüzenstrasse 44 accommodate the changing exhibition rooms, rooms for museum pedagogics, offices, a workshop, and storage. The new building accommodates the exhibition rooms for the FMW collection and rooms for all joint functions of the FMW and the FSS: library, seminar rooms, collection storage rooms, museum shop, and the museum bistro "George" .

"Das Fotomuseum Winterthur ist seit 1993 führend in der Präsentation und Diskussion der Fotografie und visuellen Kultur. Die Institution zeigt Arbeiten junger wie auch etablierter Fotograf_innen im Rahmen von wechselnden Einzel- und thematischen Gruppenausstellungen. Darüber hinaus untersucht die Institution fotografische Phänomene vor dem Hintergrund neuer Technologien und digitaler Medien und reflektiert diese kritisch. Der Austausch und der Dialog sind für das Fotomuseum Winterthur, welches lokal belebt und international ausstrahlt, zentral: Die Institution steht für eine reflektierte, selbstbestimmte und kreative Mediennutzung ein. Über die Sammlung ab 1960 gestaltet das Museum die Geschichten fotografischer Medien mit."