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Other name | SPC |
|---|---|
| Motto | Photo and video courses, competitions and trips |
| Type | Private school |
| Established | 2016 |
| President | Oguzhan Altun |
Academic staff | 100+ |
| Students | 1,500 per year |
| Location | |
| Campus | Geneva, Switzerland; Zürich, Switzerland; Stuttgart, Germany |
| Other locations | Lausanne, Switzerland; Bern, Switzerland; Basel, Switzerland; Frankfurt, Germany; Munich, Germany; Hamburg, Germany; Dresden, Germany; Berlin, Germany |
| Website | swissphotoclub.com |
Swiss Photo Club (SPC) is a private school offering programs and services related to visual arts, based in Switzerland, operating in Switzerland and in Germany through a joint venture named Swiss Photo Club Germany (SPC Germany).
As of 2024, the school has 4 employees[1][2], work with more than 150 photographers[3], educate more than 1500 students per year in Switzerland and organize photography competitions and exhibitions in many major cities in Switzerland and Germany.
SPC offers the following services:
- Short term photography and videography courses in person.
- Long term photography programs in person
- Photography competitions where the submissions are printed and exhibited in a gallery [4]
- Photography tours both within Switzerland and internationally
- Photographer agency
- Photography studio rental
- Photography community for members and non-members
- Other miscellaneous photography services
History
[edit]Swiss Photo Club was founded in 2016 by Oguzhan Altun in Geneva under the name Geneva Photo Club. In 2017, with the launch of both courses and Photo Awards in Zurich[5] , the name was changed to Swiss Photo Club. As of 2018, all services were offered in all major cities in Switzerland. In April 2021, Swiss Photo Club Germany was founded in Frankfurt[6] and started offering the same services in all major cities in Germany and Austria.