May 18, 2018
Photo contests 2018
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News
June 11, 2016
How to become a heck of a Storyteller
"Most photographers are lousy storytellers, but they are fantastic collectors." What does this mean? It means to be a serious photographer, you need to understand the power of narrative, of editing, of clarifying your ideas, enabling you to engage and communicate with an audience. People want stories; not pictures.
May 10, 2016
Crowdfunding 2016
The fifth edition of the international festival of photography, Luganophotodays, will be held in September. Your contribution is essential for this important anniversary.
February 22, 2016
Catalogue 2015
Buy the catalogue LuganoPhotoDays 2015 (72 pages), fully bilingual (English + Italian), with 188 photos.
February 18, 2016
Photo Contest and Open Call 2016
You can apply now to our Photo Contest 2016 to win a cash prize of CHF 2500.- offered by Fondazione Vicari and to the Open… Continua »
October 1, 2015
Finalists and winners of the photo contest
First of all I want to congratulate with every participant because we receive a lot of great body of work in both categories, this is also one of the reasons of the delay of the final decision.
February 8, 2015
Finding Vivian Maier
After the success of the projection of The Salt of the Earth, we present the documentary Finding Vivian Maier by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel in collaboration with CineStar Lugano e RSI.
October 24, 2014
Festival opening (video)
Video of the Festival Opening
October 20, 2014
Bon voyage René Burri
It is with sadness that we learned that this afternoon, in Zurich, René Burri passed away. This great photographer has marked the history of photojournalism… Continua »
October 8, 2014
North Korea – Behind the Scenes
Exhibition North Korea - Behind the Scenes by Adrien Golinelli (Phovea) at Galleria La Loggia in Carona.
September 30, 2014
Bryon Paul McCartney – workshops cancelled
We're sorry to inform you that the workshops of Bryon Paul McCartney and his lecture on October 25 have been cancelled.
August 17, 2014
LuganoPhotoDays trailer
A short video presentation of LuganoPhotoDays 2014.
August 15, 2014
Collective exhibition about Rwanda
For the 20th anniversary of this very sad chapter of the history, LuganoPhotoDays has organised for its third edition a collective photo exhibition with the work of several authors who have dealt with different aspects of the theme.
July 27, 2014
Contest: statistics
LuganoPhotoDays, the Fondazione Vicari and the Jury also appreciated -in addition to the high quality of the series- the diversity of the participants: nationalities and ages.
July 25, 2014
Contest: finalists
I'm extremely happy to announce the ten finalists of the Photo Contest 2014 by LuganoPhotoDays and Fondazione Vicari.
July 22, 2014
Photo contest: selected
We apologize for the delay (even if only for a few days) and we publish with pleasure the pictures of all the participants and the 50 selected by the jury.
June 30, 2014
Deadline extended to July 7, 2014
Due to high interest to the photo contest we are pleased to announce that the deadline has been extended! The submission deadline is now Monday, July 7, 2014 at 23:59:59 CET.
March 17, 2014
Photo Contest 2014
LuganoPhotoDays and Fondazione Vicari present the first edition of the photo contest
November 28, 2013
Survivors at Conservatorio
LuganoPhotoDays is happy to announce the photo exhibition Survivors by GMB Akash At Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana (1st floor) via Soldino 9, 6900 Lugano From December 14, 2013… Continua »
October 26, 2013
Action Painting at ArteCasa
During Artecasa, Sunday and Monday evening, was organized an Action Paiting show with: Painter Benedetta Carugati (4th at World Body Painting Festival 2013 in the “Special effects” category)… Continua »
October 25, 2013
“Survivors” video
Video of the exhibition “Survivors” by GMB Akash at CSIA (Lugano).
September 26, 2013
Marianna Santoni workshops
After many people’s request, and in accordance with Marianna Santoni, we changed the language of her workshops from English to Italian. We also removed the… Continua »
September 17, 2013
Reporters sans frontières
We are pleased to confirm that during second edition of LuganoPhotoDays we will also host the exhitbition Reporters sans frontières: Des images pour la liberé d’expression.… Continua »
September 13, 2013
Antoine d’Agata
For organisational reasons the lecture of Antoine d’Agata has been postponed from Thursday, October 17 to Friday, October 18. You can find the updated planning… Continua »
July 29, 2013
René Burri
Finally we can reveal who will be the special guest of this great second edition of LuganoPhotoDays: René Burri (Magnum Photos) We do not think… Continua »
July 28, 2013
Exenia
Exenia, company based in Mendrisio (Switzerland) specialised in high-level training courses, will be present at LuganoPhotoDays with four thematic workshops. Portfolio project (Saturday, October 12, 6 hours, CHF… Continua »
July 22, 2013
20% discount on a workshop
In agreement with Marianna Santoni we lowered by 20% the price of her Advanced Shooting Performance workshop, from CHF 250.- / 200 €, to CHF 200.- /… Continua »
July 17, 2013
Photoshop guru
Marianna Santoni, a Photoshop Guru, will be our guest with two great workshops during LuganoPhotoDays: Advanced Shooting Performance, October 18, 2013 RAW development and workflow for… Continua »
July 15, 2013
The charm and the potential of commercial photography
During the workshop of Moises Saman (Magnum Photos) we organized an half-day meeting where the photographer will be joined by Daria Bonera to discuss a topic that we think may be… Continua »
July 3, 2013
Workshops calendar
To make things easier we have included in the Workshops page an easy to read calendar. Keep you up-to-date with this news, the newsletter and… Continua »
July 3, 2013
Daria Bonera
Daria Bonera, photo editor and editorial coordinator for “Touring” National Geographic Traveler Italy, will be at LuganoPhotoDays! You’ll have the unique opportunity to have a… Continua »
June 24, 2013
GMB Akash
We are pleased to confirm the first photo exhibition that will take place during the next edition of LuganoPhotoDays. We will have as our guest… Continua »
June 6, 2013
City Card Lugano
LuganoPhotoDays is now a Lugano Card and City Card Lugano partner. We offers to card holders a 5% discount on all workshops 2013. The Lugano Card is available to all domiciled in… Continua »
May 23, 2013
Partnership
The partnership with CSIA / SSS_AA is confirmed also for this second edition as they give us rooms for the workshops, since this year we cooperate also… Continua »
May 8, 2013
Walo Thönen
During the first LuganoPhotoDays 2013 week-end (October 12th-13th, 2013), we have also organized an artistic nude workshop with Swiss photographer Walo Thönen.
April 30, 2013
Franco Fontana
The Italian photographer Franco Fontana is LuganoPhotoDays 2013’s this guest. He will host a workshop on Color and creativity (October 12th-17th, 2013).
April 29, 2013
Antoine d’Agata
LuganoPhotoDays 2013 is proud to announce the second guest: Antoine d’Agata – Magnum Photos – who will both give a lecture and host a workshop… Continua »
April 25, 2013
Moises Saman
The first guest of LuganoPhotoDays 2013 Moises Saman – Magnum Photos – who will both give a lecture and host a workshop (October 12th-14th, 2013).
April 1, 2013
Shop
On our Shop you can find the list of the books we are selling. If you with to buy something please contact us.
March 27, 2013
New website
New website for LuganoPhotoDays. News about workshops will come soon.
