Tobias Hitsch
Landis & Gyr Stiftung Residency
2011
Tobias Hitsch is a Swiss photographer primarily documenting communities and landscape.
Tobias documented The Zabbaleen community of waste pickers in Cairo for the magazine Private Photo Review in 2009, which he was awarded the Bern Photo Prize. He also documented the travels of author Hugo Loetscher’s through India and Egypt in 2006 and 2007.
Landis & Gyr Stiftung, Switzerland
The Landis & Gyr foundation awards studio scholarships to Swiss artists and cultural professionals in London, Budapest, Sofia and Zug. Its London-based residency partnership with Acme was established in 1987, and provides six month long work/live opportunities for ten Swiss artists per year. Artists are selected for the programme directly by Landis & Gyr Stiftung and must demonstrate a track record of achievement in their field. Over two hundred visual artists, curators, writers, musicians and composers have benefitted from the programme. Residencies are based in Stepney, E1 and are available to Swiss residents only
For more information visit lg-stiftung.ch.
