Michèle Auer
author · photographer
Michèle Auer (also known as Michèle Auer-Ory) is a Swiss photographer and historian of photography. She is the co-founder and director of the Fondation Auer Ory pour la photographie in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Alongside her husband, Michel Auer, she has been instrumental in documenting the history of photography through numerous publications, most notably the "Encyclopédie Internationale des Photographes" alongside her husband, Michel Auer. Her work is dedicated to the preservation of photographic heritage, the study of both historical and contemporary photography, and the maintenance of significant collections of photographic works.[1,2]
Themes
- photography history
- heritage preservation
- historical photography
- photography documentation
Books
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802 photo books from the M.+M. Auer collectionauthor · photographer
Works by Michèle Auer
- 802 photo books from the M.+M. Auer collection 2007 · Editions M+M · book · French/English Co-authored with Michel Auer
- Encyclopédie internationale des photographes de 1839 à nos jours 1986 · Camera Obscura · book · French Co-authored with Michel Auer
- En amont du cinéma : de l'image fixe à l'image animée 1995 · Département de l'instruction publique · book · French
- Pionniers de la photographie en Suisse romande book · French
- Le Nu 2000 · book · French Catalogue co-authored with Jean Streff
- Histoires d'Oeufs 1999 · book · French Co-authored with Jean Streff
Works about Michèle Auer
- Fondation Auer Ory pour la photographie 2009 · organization Institution founded by Michel and Michèle Auer
- M.+M. Auer Collection collection The private collection of historical photography and cameras