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/spaces and the human interaction with it.

He’s also investigating the role of the photographic medium in monitoring and reconnaissance, mainly during the cold war period in his long term on-going project called « In god we trust, all others we monitor ».

For informations, print inquiries or to say hello: g.collignon@gmx.ch
instagram: @guillaume.collignon

Member of NEAR, swiss association for contemporary photography.

Side projects

As also be a cyclist enthusiast, a full serie of cycling photos taken during trips, with friends or on comission is to discover bellow. Shot sometimes on large-format camera (!), panoramic and others films cameras, and a very little bit in digital too (nobody’s perfect).

You can check the cycling serie here

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

Exhibitions

Du Nil au Léman, regards comtemporains, Musée de Pully et Near, Switzerland, 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
Les Others, Hors-Série 10 ans
BSA-FAS - Fédération des architectes suisses, Rapport Annuel 2021

Collections

Ekimetrics art collection, Paris
Ville de Deauville
Private collectors

Crédits

Design and developement: Gaëtan Thirion
Typography: Europa by Charly Derouault

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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2/110 | Lauberhorn, Switzerland, 2018

3/110 | Jungfraujoch I, Switzerland, 2012

4/110 | Glacier de la Grande Motte, France, 2011

7/110 | Julierpass, Switzerland, 2016

5/110 | Gemsstock, Switzerland, 2014

6/110 | Diablerets VI, Switzerland, 2009

8/110 | Hauptstrasse II, Switzerland, 2014

39/110 | Unidentified flying object (UFO), Switzerland, 2023

10/110 | Schwingfest, Switzerland, 2017

9/110 | Alpinecoaster, Switzerland, 2009

11/110 | Bergisel, Innsbruck, Austria, 2011

13/110 | Simplonpass, Switzerland, 2013

12/110 | Gottesdienst zum 1. August vom Gotthardpass, Switzerland, 2016

14/110 | Zugspitze, Germany, 2011

16/110 | Werkhof Göschenen, Switzerland, 2019

15/110 | Sunnegga, Switzerland, 2017

17/110 | Sierra Nevada I, Spain, 2018

19/110 | Carrara, Italy, 2018

18/110 | Pazolaälpetli, Switzerland, 2014

99/110 | Passo de la Novena, Switzerland, 2010

20/110 | Gemsstock, Switzerland, 2014

33/110 | Super Devoluy, France, 2009

45/110 | Cervinia-IV, Italy, 2024

93/110 | Hotel Furkablick, Switzerland, 2010

98/110 | La Salette, France, 2009

109/110 | Hospizio Gottardo, Switzerland, 2008

34/110 | La Salette II, France, 2009

47/110 | Cervinia-III, Italy, 2024

49/110 | Bergisel Vierschanzentournee, Austria, 2011

87/110 | Furkapass, Switzerland, 2019

110/110 | Zugspitze, Germany, 2011

40/110 | Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard, Switzerland - Italy, 2024

41/110 | Passo della Novena, Italy, 2024

21/110 | Hotel Grimselblick, Switzerland, 2013

23/110 | Passo Pordoi, Italy, 2019

44/110 | Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard V, Italy, 2024

43/110 | Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard VI, Italy, 2024

51/110 | Bure III, France, 2021

48/110 | Furkapass, Switzerland, 2024

35/110 | Furkastock VI, Switzerland, 2022

38/110 | Fukaplangge, Switzerland, 2022

46/110 | Cervinia IV, Italy, 2024

42/110 | Pont Serrand, Italy, 2024

79/110 | Schoelennen bahn, Switzerland, 2021

55/110 | Cervinia VI, Italy, 2023

82/110 | Trockener Stegg bau, Switzerland, 2021

56/110 | Eigergletscher, Switzerland, 2009

95/110 | Marmolada III, Italy, 2020

102/110 | Timmelsjoch II, Italy, 2023

108/110 | Timmelsjoch I, Italy, 2023

76/110 | Bure I, France, 2021

26/110 | Rechensee, Italy, 2019

64/110 | Mont Rose, Switzerland, 2021

36/110 | Furkastock IV, Switzerland, 2022

77/110 | Bure II, France, 2021

78/110 | N21, Switzerland, 2021

80/110 | Santa Margharita 4, Italy, 2020

106/110 | SS337, Italy, 2013

24/110 | Gottardo (Elektrovariante), Switzerland, 2013

37/110 | Furkastock VII, Switzerland, 2022

50/110 | Brig, Switzerland, 2010

65/110 | Neu Andermatt, Switzerland, 2020

52/110 | Glacier du Théodule, Italy, 2023

84/110 | Emosson I, Switzerland, 2023

22/110 | Grand-Saint-Bernard, Switzerland, 2009

86/110 | Furkastock - séquence, Switzerland, 2022

89/110 | Gornegrat I, Switzerland, 2021

53/110 | Cervinia I, Italy, 2023

54/110 | Cervinia XI, Italy, 2023

66/110 | Gampel-Steg, Switzerland, 2021

81/110 | Zermatt Schwarzsee, Switzerland, 2021

90/110 | Gornegrat (Japanese version), Switzerland, 2009

83/110 | Trockener Steg schnee, Switzerland, 2021

88/110 | Luftseilbahn Tierfed - Kalktrittli, Switzerland, 2014

91/110 | Göeschenen werkhof, Switzerland, 2019

25/110 | Göschenen Elektrostation, Switzerland, 2017

63/110 | Punta Rocca I, Italy, 2020

67/110 | Crevacol, Italy, 2021

85/110 | Emosson II, Switzerland, 2023

92/110 | Göeschennen Werkhof II, Switzerland, 2017

101/110 | Cabane de Pra-Fleuri, Switzerland, 2023

94/110 | Punta Rocca VI, Italy, 2020

69/110 | Realp - Winter, Switzerland, 2021

68/110 | Realp - Sommer, Switzerland, 2021

70/110 | Passo San Pellegrino, Italy, 2020

71/110 | Sass Pordoi, Italy, 2020

27/110 | Passo Maniva, Italy, 2018

73/110 | Passo Stelvio - after Snowmachine, Italy, 2020

72/110 | Passo Stelvio, Italy, 2020

74/110 | Trockener Steg - double, Switzerland, 2021

75/110 | Urnerloch, Switzerland, 2021

103/110 | Via Pragelpass, Italy, 2023

105/110 | Simplonstrasse Schallbergtunnel, Switzerland, 2023

96/110 | Col de Menouve I, Switzerland, 2022

57/110 | Maurienne I, France, 2010

28/110 | Jungfraujoch I, Switzerland, 2012

58/110 | Testa Grigia, Italy, 2021

97/110 | Gottesdienst zum 1. August (extract), Switzerland, 2016

29/110 | Chaux d'Aï, Switzerland, 2017

59/110 | Hotel Furkablick, Switzerland, 2021

100/110 | Tunnel du Grand St Bernard, Italy, 2021

30/110 | Carrara, Italy, 2018

60/110 | Glacier du Sex Rouge, Switzerland, 2009

104/110 | Punta Rocca VII, Italy, 2020

31/110 | Aminona I, Switzerland, 2019

32/110 | Sellajoch - after Walter Nierdermayr, Italy, 2019

61/110 | Gottardo IV, Switzerland, 2020

107/110 | Passo stelvio V, Italy, 2020

62/110 | Marmolada I, Italy, 2020