Every two years, the Cultural Department puts out to competition a photographic survey whose theme or subject must be related to the canton of Fribourg. The aim of the survey is to encourage photographic creation and to gradually build up a contemporary cantonal photographic heritage.

In 1974, the artist Michel Ritter and his painter friend Bruno Baeriswyl opened Galerie RB (Ritter Baeriswyl) at 18 Rue de Lausanne. For five years they presented their work there along with that of contemporary artists they liked: Ian Anüll, Janos Urban, Ueli Berger and Jürg Stäuble to name a few. This new Swiss scene would later resurface in the Friart programme. The gallery closed in 1979. It helped Michel Ritter develop his artistic vision and affirm a curatorial style by defending the work of other artists.

Order the book published on the occasion of the exhibition the 2022 Fribourg Photographic Survey of Cécile Monnier, des nuits sans silence.

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