Franziska Willimann is a freelance photographer based in Zurich, Switzerland. In addition to completing commissioned work, she also engages in personal projects that highlight people and the beauty of everyday life. Through her long-term projects, she observes and documents the changes and developments of her subjects, showcasing their unique worlds and journeys.
2025 Purple-Eye member, Switzerland
2024 Athens Photo Festival / shortlisted with the series «Climax«
2022 Pool Collective member, Zurich
2022 Expert photographer EFZ
2020 Athens Photo Festival / shortlisted with the series »Mein Glück«
2019 Finalist Fotofestival Lenzburg, nominated for «Jury-Price» 2019 with the series «Ce n’est pas par lui-même, mais par moi» (Mein Glück) and selected for exhibition at Muellerhaus in Lenzburg, Switzerland
2018 Diploma in Photography, MAZ, Swiss Journalism School, Lucerne.
2017 Selected and invited student by Canon for Photofestival «Visa pour l’image 2017», Perpignan, France
Selected Group Exhibitions2024 Art Space Parat / Artmarket
2024 BelleVue Basel / «Lichtblick« Group Exhibition
2023 Booklaunch / «let go – get rid of – sensuality in the tiled washroom«
2023 Photobastei Zurich / «VFG Bildersoirée Box«
2023 Kunst im historischen Waschraum Zürich / «Leaving Behind«
2022 Best of Visarte Zurich & Guests, «Interplay«
2022 Art Space Parat, Zurich / «Female Form«
2019 Open Ateliers, Zurich / Retrospective
2019 Muellerhaus, Lenzburg / «Searching for Beauty«
2018 BelleVue, Basel / «Paradise»
2018 MAZ Gallery, Lucerne / Diploma Exhibition
2015 Praxis Zähringerstrasse, Medical Center Zurich / «Summertime»
2013 ABZ, Housing Cooperative, Zurich / «My world», «Stille Zeitzeugen»
