Events February / March 2026
🇩🇪 Germany - Photo fairs & collector dates
07.02.2026 - First photo exchange North Hesse / South Lower Saxony
Neighbourhood meeting Vorderer Westen, Samuel-Beckett-Anlage 12, 34119 Kassel
Regional collectors' and swap meet for analogue photo technology and rarities.
👉 https://www.fotogruppe-kassel.de/
14.02.2026 - 53rd Rhine-Main Camera Exchange Frankfurt
Trade union centre, Frankfurt am Main
Wide-ranging exchange for cameras, lenses, accessories and literature.
👉 https://www.kameraboersen.de/html/terminkalender.html
21.02.2026 - 9th European Camera Fair Karlsruhe
Hermann Ringwald Hall, Karlsruhe
Traditional fair with collectors and dealers from Germany and abroad.
👉 https://www.kameraboersen.de/html/terminkalender.html
22.02.2026 - Fellbach Photo Exchange
Schwabenlandhalle, Fellbach (near Stuttgart)
One of the largest photo markets in southern Germany.
👉 https://www.fotohandel.de/Service/Fotoboersen/Fotoboerse-Fellbach/
29.03.2026 - Photo market at the 3F Museum
Christoph-Traberger-Halle, 67147 Forst an der Weinstraße
Market for analogue technology, accessories, specialist literature; museum with >5,000 exhibits a few kilometres away.
👉 https://3f-museum.de/fotoboerse/
🇨🇭 Switzerland - Photography event
06-10 February 2026 - photoSCHWEIZ 2026
Congress Centre Zurich
Largest photography show in Switzerland with exhibitions, lectures and projects - also historically relevant.
👉 https://www.photo-schweiz.ch/
🖼️ Exhibitions with a historical connection to photography
18.01.-03.05.2026 - "Günter Rössler - fashion and nude photography"
Günter Rössler: Fashion and nude photography, Kunsthaus Apolda Avantgarde (Apolda, Germany)
A major retrospective to mark the 100th birthday of German photographer Günter Rössler (1926-2012), with around 130 black and white photographs from six decades.
👉 Exhibition at Kunsthaus Apolda Avantgarde from 18 January to 3 May 2026; opening hours Tue-Sun 10 am-5 pm. https://www.kunsthausapolda.de/guenter-roessler-mode-und-aktfotografie-kunsthaus-apolda/
🧠 International & longer running photo exhibitions
21 February - 15 March 2026 - World Press Photo Exhibition (Oldenburg)
International exhibition of award-winning press photography.
👉 https://www.worldpressphoto.org/
28/02 - 06/04/2026 - World Press Photo Exhibition (Kitzingen)
Further stop of the international travelling exhibition through Germany.
👉 https://www.worldpressphoto.org/
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