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Catherine Leutenegger (born 1983 in Lausanne) is a Swiss visual artist and photographer. She has been the recipient of many awards, including the Manor Cultural Prize,[1] the Raymond Weil International Photography Prize and the Swiss Design Awards 2006 and 2008.
Life and work
editIn 2001 Leutenegger gained a Baccalauréat, Certificat maturité Fédérale en section Arts Visuels, from Gymnase du Bugnon, Switzerland. In 2005 she gained a Bachelor in Visual Communication / Photography from École cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ECAL) in Switzerland. In 2007 she gained a Master in Photography, University of Art and Design from ECAL.
Her first book was titled Hors-champ and showed photographers' workspaces. It was published in 2006 by Infolio Publisher through the Manor Cultural Prize. This included a cash award and an exhibition at Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne curated by William A. Ewing. In 2007, while taking part in an artist residency program in New York City, she started her project named The Kodak City.[2] Her second photo essay, the Kodak City, was published on 9 September 2014 and looked at the demise of the once booming Kodak empire. It has been published online by Kehrer Verlag.[3][4]
Exhibitions
edit- Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne[citation needed]
- Carla Sozzani Gallery, Milan[citation needed]
- Aperture Gallery, New York[citation needed]
- Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich[citation needed]
- Museum Bellerive, Zürich[citation needed]
- Fotomuseum Winterthur[citation needed]
- Bieler Fototage, Biel[citation needed]
- International Photography Festival, Leipzig[5]
Fellowships and awards
edit- 2005, Banque Cantonale Vaudoise Encouragement Prize[5]
- 2006, Manor Cultural Prize, Lausanne[1]
- 2006, Swiss Federal Design Grants[citation needed]
- 2007, Artist's Studio Grant (Canton de Vaud), Residency in New York City[citation needed]
- 2008, Swiss Federal Design Grants[citation needed]
- 2008, The Raymond Weil Club, International Photography Prize[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ a b "Anne Rochat lauréate du Prix culturel Manor Vaud 2020". Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts (in French). 15 March 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Women in Photography". WIPNYC. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ Lowe, Jack. "Kodak City – A Photography Series Documenting Kodak's Decline". Huh Magazine. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ Mallonee, Laura (17 June 2014). "A Photographer's Elegy to Kodak City". Hypoallergic. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ a b Smithson, Aline (26 April 2014). "Book Week: Catherine Leutenegger: Kodak City". Lenscratch. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
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