GREGORY COLLAVINI photography Fribourg Switzerland

Silent Outlooks

published in 2016 by Favre
23 x 31 cm, 144 pages
ISBN 978-2-8289-1520-9

Available at Favre, Heidiffusion, Payot, Fotofilmic or at your favorite book shop.

Variations on a theme of absence

unpublished dummy, 2018
26 x 39 cm, 50 pages

Created during the ISSP 2018 International Summer School of Photography: Photobook as Object with Yumi Goto & Jan Rosseel, this book is the result of how a one week workshop can evolve a initial architecture project into a more profound topic: depicting a fake, surreal, artificial Swiss society, the book combines uninhabited architectures with axonometric maps and fake objects. Bound with bolts, it gives a sense of heaviness and discomfort while reading, in relation with the content.

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Conduite forcée

unpublished dummy, 2011
24 x 30 cm, 84 pages

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Hello! My name is Gregory Collavini and I'm a photographer from Fribourg, Switzerland.

From German and Italian descents, I was born in Bern Switzerland. Graduated from the University of Art and Design of Lausanne (ECAL), my fields of competence are set in art direction, visual communication, multimedia digital design, print and book making. My photography works are focused on human environments, using architecture, landscape and urban planning as my main inspiration sources. My most known work, Silent Outlooks, has been published by Favre Editions and is regularly exhibited in Switzerland and abroad. Fighting normality, I like to match opposites in my pictures. My insatiable curiosity trends me constantly towards rewarding and challenging experiences.

Contact

contact@gregorycollavini.com

+41 79 391 87 04

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Education

2018	ISSP International Summer School of Photography: Photobook as Object taught by Yumi Goto & Jan Rosseel
2017	Harvard University Alison certificat in Digital Photography
2012	Bachelor of Arts in Visual communication Photography, University of Art and Design of Lausanne (ECAL)

Awards

2019	Finalist at the COCA18 Prize
2018	Finalist at the Lenzburg Photo contest Shortlisted at the FOTOFILMIC18
2017	Finalist at the VFG swiss young talent award
2016	ProHelvetia Promotion of photobooks for Silent Outlooks
2014	Finalist at the VFG swiss young talent award "Coup de coeur" at the Bienne Festival of Photography
2013	Selected artist in the OpenShow Switzerland #12 event
2012	Winner of the Swiss Cultural Heritage Award

Exhibitions

2018	Silent Outlooks photobook exhibition, Athens Photo Festival, Athens Greece Hinterland part 2: blood as a rover group exhibition, Zurich Lenzburg Photo contest finalists outdoor exhibition, Lenzburg Switzerland
2017	Silent Outlooks photobook exhibition, Arles Photo Festival, Arles France Variations on a theme of absence, Fribourg Switzerland
2016	Silent Outlooks book vernissage at the Ancienne Gare, Fribourg Switzerland Piemeffe opening at the previous Ilford factory, Marly Innovation Center (MIC) Switzerland
2015	L'Imprévisible magazine opening, Réchy Switzerland Solo exhibition at Forme+Confort, Fribourg Switzerland "Of People and Places" at the Oxford House Gallery, London Slideshow projection at the Circulations festival, Paris Slideshow projection at Le Voyage à Nantes, Nantes France
2014	Bienne festival of photography, Bienne Switzerland
2013	Solo exhibition at the Ancienne Gare, Fribourg Switzerland
2012	Swiss Cultural Heritage Award exhibition at the Antiquarians Art Fair, Lausanne Switzerland

Publications

2019	Featured on the Cherrydeck corporate design campaign
2018	Bird In Flight online magazine Esquire The Big Watch Book 2018 FOEN sonBASE
2017	NZZ Geschichte n°8 january Revue Tracés n°2 & n°8 VSS Road and Traffic n°9
2016	Migros magazines Bâtir magazine November issue YET Archive 01-09
2015	L'Imprévisible magazine n°1 Young Swiss magazine n°7
2014	LASSO magazin n°6 Exposition au bruit de la circulation routière en Suisse FOEN
2013	YET magazine n°3 écal Photography OpenShow Switzerland n°12
2012	Raiffeisen Vaud écal "Yearbook 2012"

In the news

2017	La Liberté
2016	La Gruyère, 24 heures, La Liberté Radio interview Vertigo RTS la 1ère NZZ Foto-Tableau
2015	Radio interview Les matinales d'Espace 2
2014	Le Temps, Le Matin Dimanche
2013	La Liberté

Clients

Marly Innovation Center

Andrey-Schenker-Sottaz SA

Swiss Federal Office for the Environment FOEN

Service des ponts et chaussées de Fribourg SPC

Musée de l'Elysée

Andreas Wellnitz Studio Berlin

Corrida bulloise

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