François Vermot (1987)
Switzerland
Self-taught cinematographer and photographer, he captured his first images at the age of 12 with the family camcorder. While studying geography at the University of Fribourg, he produced his first documentaries – portraits with a particular sensitivity to the places where the people he filmed used to live.
In parallel, he developed a passion for photography and light, observing what happens when nothing is happening. He regularly leaves his everyday life for a month or more, voluntarily losing himself in a new town, recreating his life for a time, somewhere different. In this way he has developed works that pay homage to the ordinariness of a place, to the banality of reality.
Exhibitions
CIP, Tramelan (Switzerland), 2024
Nuit de la Photo La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland), projection, 15.02.2020
Festival 9PH, Nuit de la photographie, Lyon (France), projection, 05.10.2019
Fotofestiwal, Grand Prix, Łódź (Poland), 2018
CPG - Centre de la photographie Genève (Switzerland), 2018
21. vfg Nachwuchsförderpreis für Fotografie 2017.
Photobastei, Zürich (Switzerland), Galerie l'elac, Lausanne (Switzerland), oslo8, Basel (Switzerland), Uno Art Space, Stuttgart (Germany)
Festival ManifestO, Toulouse (France), 2017
Prix Photoforum 2016, Centre PasquArt, Bienne
Awards
2020
Nuit de la Photo La Chaux-de-Fonds
2019
Festival 9PH, Nuit de la photographie, Lyon
2017
21. vfg Young Talent Award in Photography (24. vfg Nachwuchsförderpreis für Fotografie)
Festival ManifestO 15-30 septembre 2017, Toulouse
2016
Prix Photoforum 2016, Centre PasquArt, Bienne
Mention spéciale Prix Focale 2016, Nyon
Collections
Fonds d'art contemporain de la Ville de Genève (FMAC)
Publications
Patrimoine ? L'éloquence des murs
Revue INTERVALLES
Palais des Nations, François Vermot
Editions CPG
2018
ISBN 978-2-9701014-7-5
Exhibition catalogs
21. vfg Young Talent Award in Photography catalogue
Press
LE TEMPS
Inventaire avant réfection au Palais des Nations
31.03.2018
Radio Télévision Suisse
La Première
Vertigo
09.05.2018
