Grand Masters

Shapers of Contemporary Photography

ALPA Grand Master

MASSIMO VITALI

The Theater of Leisure

Massimo Vitali turns beaches, lakes and piers into vast open air stages. Colour, light and meticulous detail transform familiar holiday scenes into portraits of contemporary society, where intimacy and distance, play and quiet observation exist together in the same frame.

ALPA Grand Master

LUC DELAHAYE

The Poetry of Uncomfortable Truths

Luc Delahaye stands at the intersection of history, conflict and contemporary art. His large-scale photographs transform moments of global tension into meditations on power, humanity and the fragile bonds that shape our shared destiny.

ALPA Grand Master

MARK POWER

Between Documentary and Imagination

British MAGNUM photographer Mark Power transforms everyday landscapes into carefully observed studies of place and memory. His images balance clarity and ambiguity, revealing how geography, history and imagination overlap in the built environment.

ALPA Grand Master

RAYMOND DEPARDON

A Witness of the World

French MAGNUM Photographer Raymond Depardon has spent a lifetime listening to the world before photographing it. Whether standing in the heat of the Sahel, tracing the empty roads of rural France, or observing the subtle choreography of a city, he works with a tenderness that turns documentary into a form of contemplation.

PATRICK LAMBERTZ & HANS KEIST | MANAGING PARTNERS ALPA OF SWITZERLAND

The photographers presented in the Grand Masters collection are chosen and curated by us with great care. Their work moves us, challenges us, and expands the way we understand contemporary photography. Each of them has shaped the medium in a lasting way.

Their presence in this section involves no compensation or obligation of any kind. The Grand Masters selection is simply a gesture of respect for their contribution and for the cultural significance of their work. At most one photographer may be added each year, following review and nomination by the jury.
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