Guillaume Collignon

Guillaume Collignon graduated a bachelor’s degree in photography from the École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL) Switzerland in 2010, followed by a master’s degree in art direction and photography in 2012.

His works and research are mainly focused to landscape / architecture / spaces and the human interaction with it (déambulations environnantes and éléments alpins), an exploration of the photographic medium through long exposures in response to the increasingly rapid pace in alpine peaks climb (Speed), the physical, temporal and historical superposition of communication routes and industrial infrastructures in the alpine valleys (Roadside valleys)

For informations, print inquiries or to say hello: studio@guillaumecollignon.com
instagram: @guillaume.collignon

Member of NEAR, swiss association for contemporary photography.

Prints are available to sell, all printed on chromogenic process
(lambda print on RA-4 paper).
Please contact me for more informations

Commissioned / Commercial projects

Architecture and others applied photographic projects commissioned, all done with in analog film from medium-format to 8x10 inches can be seen here.
A more complete portflio is available on request, please contact me for further informations.

Exhibitions

Du Nil au Léman, regards comtemporains, Musée de Pully et Near, march 2023
Biennale de la photographie de Mulhouse, This is the end, France, june–oct 2020
Near x LabElysée, Artificial Intersections, musée de l’Elysée, Switzerland, jan–may 2020
Near / stadio, Vevey Images, Vevey, Switzerland, august 2018
Near website launch, Rencontres photo d’Arles, France, july 2018
Cold / war studies, Galerie contre-contre, St Maurice, Switzerland, sept–oct. 2017
Carte blanche Near, Biennale photographique de Mulhouse, France, june 2016
Là-Haut, La Graineterie, centre d’art de la ville de Houilles, France, jan–feb. 2016
MTAG Group Show, Le Huit, Paris, France, november 2014
Hike, Hack, Hic et Nunc, XPO gallery, Paris, France, oct-nov. 2014
Les chasseurs de fantômes, Espace Verney-Carron, Lyon, France, sept–nov. 2014
Docks art Fair, Lyon, sept. 2014, represented by espace Verney-Carron
59e salon de Montrouge, France, april–may 2014
La vitrine 3, Dreier + Frenzel Architecture, Lausanne, Switzerland, oct–nov. 2013
Exposition des diplômes, écal, Renens, Switzerland, july 2012
Planche(s) Contact, festival de photographie de Deauville, France, oct–nov. 2010
Exposition des diplômes, écal, Renens, Switzerland, july 2010

Online exhibitions and interviews

Atlas of Place, jan. 2020
Seen magazine, sept. 2020

Publications

Les Others, Volume 14, Paradoxes - 2021
Les Others, Hors-Série 10 ans - 2021
BSA-FAS - Fédération des architectes suisses, Rapport Annuel 2021
59e salon de Montrouge, catalogue, 2014
Adventice Magazine Issue 02, Adventice Editions, Lausanne, 2013
On Tour - Tour de Romandie et Tour de Suisse 2010, Infolio 2011

Collections

Ekimetrics art collection, Paris
Ville de Deauville
Private collectors

Crédits

Design and developement: Gaëtan Thirion
Typography: Europa by Charly Derouault
Art direction: Guillaume Collignon

© Guillaume Collignon 2025

Éléments alpins explore la transformation des Alpes sous l’impact des infrastructures et des flux humains. La série montre comment les montagnes, autrefois hostiles, sont devenues un espace hybride de roches et de béton, marqué par le tourisme de masse et les activités humaines. Les photographies capturent des foules dans diverses activités, offrant une perspective quasi-anthropologique sans promouvoir le tourisme, mais suggérant plutôt que l’occupation humaine des montagnes est une modification irréversible, transformant les Alpes en non-lieux anonymes et interchangeables. À travers les constructions et les flux humains, l’espace et les mouvements sont interrogés, recréant parfois une nouvelle dimension spatiale et temporelle. Le rôle de la montagne est également questionné: elle est devenue un lieu d’exotisme et de tourisme de masse, comme ces nombreux visiteurs explorant les grottes de glace des glaciers avant leur disparition prévue dans très peu de temps…

Élements alpins explores the transformation of the Alps under the impact of infrastructure and human flows. The series shows how the once hostile mountains have become a hybrid space of rock and concrete, marked by mass tourism and human activity. The photographs capture crowds engaged in various activities, offering a quasi-anthropological perspective without promoting tourism, but rather suggesting that human occupation of the mountains is an irreversible modification, transforming the Alps into anonymous and interchangeable non-places. Through human constructions and flows, space and movements sometimes recreating a new spatial and temporal dimension. The role of the mountains is also questioned: they have become a place of exoticism and mass tourism, like the many visitors exploring the ice caves in the glaciers before they disappear in a very short time…

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2/114 | Lauberhorn, Switzerland, 2018

3/114 | Jungfraujoch I, Switzerland, 2012

4/114 | Glacier de la Grande Motte, France, 2011

7/114 | Julierpass, Switzerland, 2016

5/114 | Gemsstock, Switzerland, 2014

6/114 | Diablerets VI, Switzerland, 2009

8/114 | Hauptstrasse II, Switzerland, 2014

42/114 | Unidentified flying object (UFO), Switzerland, 2023

10/114 | Schwingfest, Switzerland, 2017

9/114 | Alpinecoaster, Switzerland, 2009

11/114 | Bergisel, Innsbruck, Austria, 2011

13/114 | Simplonpass, Switzerland, 2013

12/114 | Gottesdienst zum 1. August vom Gotthardpass, Switzerland, 2016

14/114 | Zugspitze, Germany, 2011

16/114 | Werkhof Göschenen, Switzerland, 2019

15/114 | Sunnegga, Switzerland, 2017

17/114 | Sierra Nevada I, Spain, 2018

19/114 | Carrara, Italy, 2018

18/114 | Pazolaälpetli, Switzerland, 2014

103/114 | Passo de la Novena, Switzerland, 2010

20/114 | Gemsstock, Switzerland, 2014

34/114 | Super Devoluy, France, 2009

51/114 | Furkastrasse, Switzerland, 2024

48/114 | Cervinia-IV, Italy, 2024

40/114 | Timmelsjoch pass museum, Italy / austria, 2023

41/114 | Artilleriewerk Galenhütten, Switzerland, 2023

97/114 | Hotel Furkablick, Switzerland, 2010

57/114 | Cervinia III - Ghiacciao di Valtournenche, Italy, 2023

102/114 | La Salette, France, 2009

33/114 | Serre-Ponçon, France, 2009

36/114 | Tignes II, France, 2011

113/114 | Hospizio Gottardo, Switzerland, 2008

35/114 | La Salette II, France, 2009

50/114 | Cervinia-III, Italy, 2024

91/114 | Furkapass, Switzerland, 2019

114/114 | Zugspitze, Germany, 2011

43/114 | Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard, Switzerland - Italy, 2024

44/114 | Passo della Novena, Italy, 2024

21/114 | Hotel Grimselblick, Switzerland, 2013

23/114 | Passo Pordoi, Italy, 2019

47/114 | Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard V, Italy, 2024

46/114 | Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard VI, Italy, 2024

54/114 | Bure III, France, 2021

52/114 | Furkapass, Switzerland, 2024

37/114 | Furkastock VI, Switzerland, 2022

39/114 | Fukaplangge, Switzerland, 2022

49/114 | Cervinia IV, Italy, 2024

45/114 | Pont Serrand, Italy, 2024

83/114 | Schoelennen bahn, Switzerland, 2021

59/114 | Cervinia VI, Italy, 2023

86/114 | Trockener Stegg bau, Switzerland, 2021

60/114 | Eigergletscher, Switzerland, 2009

99/114 | Marmolada III, Italy, 2020

106/114 | Timmelsjoch II, Italy, 2023

112/114 | Timmelsjoch I, Italy, 2023

80/114 | Bure I, France, 2021

26/114 | Rechensee, Italy, 2019

68/114 | Mont Rose, Switzerland, 2021

38/114 | Furkastock IV, Switzerland, 2022

81/114 | Bure II, France, 2021

82/114 | N21, Switzerland, 2021

84/114 | Santa Margharita 4, Italy, 2020

110/114 | SS337, Italy, 2013

24/114 | Gottardo (Elektrovariante), Switzerland, 2014

53/114 | Brig, Switzerland, 2010

69/114 | Neu Andermatt, Switzerland, 2020

55/114 | Glacier du Théodule, Italy, 2023

88/114 | Emosson I, Switzerland, 2023

22/114 | Grand-Saint-Bernard, Switzerland, 2009

90/114 | Furkastock - séquence, Switzerland, 2022

93/114 | Gornegrat I, Switzerland, 2021

56/114 | Cervinia I, Italy, 2023

58/114 | Cervinia XI, Italy, 2023

70/114 | Gampel-Steg, Switzerland, 2021

85/114 | Zermatt Schwarzsee, Switzerland, 2021

94/114 | Gornegrat (Japanese version), Switzerland, 2009

87/114 | Trockener Steg schnee, Switzerland, 2021

92/114 | Luftseilbahn Tierfed - Kalktrittli, Switzerland, 2014

95/114 | Göeschenen werkhof, Switzerland, 2019

25/114 | Göschenen Elektrostation, Switzerland, 2017

67/114 | Punta Rocca I, Italy, 2020

71/114 | Crevacol, Italy, 2021

89/114 | Emosson II, Switzerland, 2023

96/114 | Göeschennen Werkhof II, Switzerland, 2017

105/114 | Cabane de Pra-Fleuri, Switzerland, 2023

98/114 | Punta Rocca VI, Italy, 2020

73/114 | Realp - Winter, Switzerland, 2021

72/114 | Realp - Sommer, Switzerland, 2021

74/114 | Passo San Pellegrino, Italy, 2020

75/114 | Sass Pordoi, Italy, 2020

27/114 | Passo Maniva, Italy, 2018

77/114 | Passo Stelvio - after Snowmachine, Italy, 2020

76/114 | Passo Stelvio, Italy, 2020

78/114 | Trockener Steg - double, Switzerland, 2021

79/114 | Urnerloch, Switzerland, 2021

107/114 | Via Pragelpass, Italy, 2023

109/114 | Simplonstrasse Schallbergtunnel, Switzerland, 2023

100/114 | Col de Menouve I, Switzerland, 2022

61/114 | Maurienne I, France, 2010

28/114 | Jungfraujoch I, Switzerland, 2012

62/114 | Testa Grigia, Italy, 2021

101/114 | Gottesdienst zum 1. August (extract), Switzerland, 2016

29/114 | Chaux d'Aï, Switzerland, 2017

63/114 | Hotel Furkablick, Switzerland, 2021

104/114 | Tunnel du Grand St Bernard, Italy, 2021

30/114 | Carrara, Italy, 2018

64/114 | Glacier du Sex Rouge, Switzerland, 2009

108/114 | Punta Rocca VII, Italy, 2020

31/114 | Aminona I, Switzerland, 2019

32/114 | Sellajoch - after Walter Nierdermayr, Italy, 2019

65/114 | Gottardo IV, Switzerland, 2020

111/114 | Passo stelvio V, Italy, 2020

66/114 | Marmolada I, Italy, 2020