Guillaume Collignon

Guillaume Collignon (1985, Live and work in Lausanne) 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 landscapes / spaces and the human interaction with it (Déambulations environnantes, Elements Alpins, Roadside Valleys…), as well as research on the photographic medium itself.
He’s still working exclusively on analog film with medium and large-format cameras.

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

Member of:
NEAR, swiss association for contemporary photography.
ACTWALL, The first platform to support photographic acquisition in Switzerland.

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

Magia Lucis, Galerie BAART, Geneva
Ce qui nous regarde encore, Actwall, Galerie Polomarco Geneva, sept. 2025 to Jan. 2026
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…

1/122 | Per Kirkeby, Furkart 1986, Switzerland, 2011

2/122 | Lauberhorn, Switzerland, 2018

3/122 | Jungfraujoch I, Switzerland, 2012

4/122 | Glacier de la Grande Motte, France, 2011

7/122 | Julierpass, Switzerland, 2016

5/122 | Gemsstock, Switzerland, 2014

6/122 | Diablerets VI, Switzerland, 2009

8/122 | Hauptstrasse II, Switzerland, 2014

44/122 | Unidentified flying object (UFO), Switzerland, 2023

10/122 | Schwingfest, Switzerland, 2017

9/122 | Alpinecoaster, Switzerland, 2009

11/122 | Bergisel, Innsbruck, Austria, 2011

13/122 | Simplonpass, Switzerland, 2013

12/122 | Gottesdienst zum 1. August vom Gotthardpass, Switzerland, 2016

14/122 | Zugspitze, Germany, 2011

16/122 | Werkhof Göschenen, Switzerland, 2019

15/122 | Sunnegga, Switzerland, 2017

17/122 | Sierra Nevada I, Spain, 2018

58/122 | Tignes I, France, 2011

19/122 | Carrara, Italy, 2018

18/122 | Pazolaälpetli, Switzerland, 2014

20/122 | Gemsstock, Switzerland, 2014

37/122 | Sasso San Gottardo, Switzerland, 2011

56/122 | Furkapass, Switzerland, 2025

55/122 | Saas Fee - Morenia, Switzerland, 2025

36/122 | Zugsptize Mariä Heimsuchung, Germany, 2011

95/122 | Felskinn - architecture study I, Switzerland, 2025

57/122 | Col de Rousset, France, 2025

33/122 | Serre-Ponçon, France, 2009

34/122 | Super Devoluy, France, 2009

54/122 | Allalingletscher II, Switzerland, 2025

38/122 | Tignes II, France, 2011

42/122 | Timmelsjoch pass museum, Italy / austria, 2023

43/122 | Artilleriewerk Galenhütten, Switzerland, 2023

49/122 | Cervinia-IV, Italy, 2024

52/122 | Furkastrasse, Switzerland, 2024

63/122 | Cervinia III - Ghiacciao di Valtournenche, Italy, 2023

103/122 | Hotel Furkablick, Switzerland, 2010

110/122 | La Salette, France, 2009

111/122 | Passo de la Novena, Switzerland, 2010

35/122 | La Salette II, France, 2009

51/122 | Cervinia-III, Italy, 2024

121/122 | Hospizio Gottardo, Switzerland, 2008

45/122 | Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard, Switzerland - Italy, 2024

97/122 | Furkapass, Switzerland, 2019

109/122 | Mittel Allalin, Switzerland, 2025

122/122 | Zugspitze, Germany, 2011

21/122 | Hotel Grimselblick, Switzerland, 2013

46/122 | Passo della Novena, Italy, 2024

108/122 | Allalingletscher I, Switzerland, 2025

23/122 | Passo Pordoi, Italy, 2019

48/122 | Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard V, Italy, 2024

47/122 | Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard VI, Italy, 2024

60/122 | Bure III, France, 2021

39/122 | Furkastock VI, Switzerland, 2022

53/122 | Furkapass, Switzerland, 2024

41/122 | Fukaplangge, Switzerland, 2022

50/122 | Cervinia IV, Italy, 2024

89/122 | Schoelennen bahn, Switzerland, 2021

65/122 | Cervinia VI, Italy, 2023

66/122 | Eigergletscher, Switzerland, 2009

105/122 | Marmolada III, Italy, 2020

114/122 | Timmelsjoch II, Italy, 2023

120/122 | Timmelsjoch I, Italy, 2023

86/122 | Bure I, France, 2021

26/122 | Rechensee, Italy, 2019

74/122 | Mont Rose, Switzerland, 2021

40/122 | Furkastock IV, Switzerland, 2022

87/122 | Bure II, France, 2021

88/122 | N21, Switzerland, 2021

90/122 | Santa Margharita 4, Italy, 2020

118/122 | SS337, Italy, 2013

24/122 | Gottardo (Elektrovariante), Switzerland, 2014

59/122 | Brig, Switzerland, 2010

75/122 | Neu Andermatt, Switzerland, 2020

61/122 | Glacier du Théodule, Italy, 2023

93/122 | Emosson I, Switzerland, 2023

22/122 | Grand-Saint-Bernard, Switzerland, 2009

96/122 | Furkastock - séquence, Switzerland, 2022

99/122 | Gornegrat I, Switzerland, 2021

62/122 | Cervinia I, Italy, 2023

64/122 | Cervinia XI, Italy, 2023

76/122 | Gampel-Steg, Switzerland, 2021

91/122 | Zermatt Schwarzsee, Switzerland, 2021

100/122 | Gornegrat (Japanese version), Switzerland, 2009

92/122 | Trockener Steg schnee, Switzerland, 2021

98/122 | Luftseilbahn Tierfed - Kalktrittli, Switzerland, 2014

101/122 | Göeschenen werkhof, Switzerland, 2019

25/122 | Göschenen Elektrostation, Switzerland, 2017

73/122 | Punta Rocca I, Italy, 2020

77/122 | Crevacol, Italy, 2021

94/122 | Emosson II, Switzerland, 2023

102/122 | Göeschennen Werkhof II, Switzerland, 2017

113/122 | Cabane de Pra-Fleuri, Switzerland, 2023

104/122 | Punta Rocca VI, Italy, 2020

79/122 | Realp - Winter, Switzerland, 2021

78/122 | Realp - Sommer, Switzerland, 2021

80/122 | Passo San Pellegrino, Italy, 2020

81/122 | Sass Pordoi, Italy, 2020

27/122 | Passo Maniva, Italy, 2018

83/122 | Passo Stelvio - after Snowmachine, Italy, 2020

82/122 | Passo Stelvio, Italy, 2020

84/122 | Trockener Steg - double, Switzerland, 2021

85/122 | Urnerloch, Switzerland, 2021

115/122 | Via Pragelpass, Italy, 2023

117/122 | Simplonstrasse Schallbergtunnel, Switzerland, 2023

106/122 | Col de Menouve I, Switzerland, 2022

67/122 | Maurienne I, France, 2010

28/122 | Jungfraujoch I, Switzerland, 2012

68/122 | Testa Grigia, Italy, 2021

107/122 | Gottesdienst zum 1. August (extract), Switzerland, 2016

29/122 | Chaux d'Aï, Switzerland, 2017

69/122 | Hotel Furkablick, Switzerland, 2021

112/122 | Tunnel du Grand St Bernard, Italy, 2021

30/122 | Carrara, Italy, 2018

70/122 | Glacier du Sex Rouge, Switzerland, 2009

116/122 | Punta Rocca VII, Italy, 2020

31/122 | Aminona I, Switzerland, 2019

32/122 | Sellajoch - after Walter Nierdermayr, Italy, 2019

71/122 | Gottardo IV, Switzerland, 2020

119/122 | Passo stelvio V, Italy, 2020

72/122 | Marmolada I, Italy, 2020