Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo 2026
7 km open air photo festival - 1.500 photographs in Baden bei Wien
PHOTO FESTIVAL 2026 - SO BRITISH!
The La Gacilly-Baden Photo Festival Moves, Captivates, and Touches with Masterpieces of Environmental Photography
On June 12th, Europe’s largest photography festival begins. With the theme SO BRITISH!, Baden will inspire visitors along a 7 km trail with 1,500 works by top-tier photographers.
Our world faces increasingly extreme challenges. Since its inception in 2018, the open-air gallery has remained true to its mission: showcasing the beauty of nature and emphasizing the urgency of protecting it. On enormous canvases, the world's best photographers share their vision of humanity and the environment — seamlessly integrated into the stunning heritage city, where garden and photographic art blend harmoniously.
In La Gacilly, France, Jacques Rocher, son of the founder of the organic cosmetics brand Yves Rocher, launched the photo festival in 2004. His goal was to create a relatable exploration of the Earth's and humanity's future.
This exclusive partnership with Baden arose from Rocher’s friendship with Lois Lammerhuber, one of Austria’s most significant contemporary photographers.
Date: June 12th – October 11th, 2026
INFO POINT Brusattiplatz, Baden bei Wien
Entry: Free
SO BRITISH!
For the ninth time, the city of Baden will transform into a captivating world of visual storytelling by some of the world’s finest photographers from June 12 to October 11, 2026.
SO BRITISH! Great Britain and Europe share a thousand-year history marked by misunderstandings and hostilities, as well as admiration and respect. This may be due to the British tendency to do things differently: they drive on the left, have their own currency, play darts, believe in ghosts, and still maintain a monarchy. There is also a certain touch of eccentricity—where extravagance itself becomes an art form.
Many British photographers reflect this spirit. They are unmistakably British in their ability to capture the essence of their time with clarity and humor, becoming chroniclers of British society. Among them are Martin Parr, Tony Ray-Jones, Peter Dench, Josh Edgoose, Terry O’Neill, Anna Atkins, Gina Soden, Cig Harvey, and Mary Turner. Queen guitarist Sir Brian May, a passionate stereoscopic photographer and the world’s largest collector of this art form, presents “Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell”—a rare highlight from his collection.
The fragile ecosystem of our blue planet is explored by marine biologist and one of the leading underwater photographers of his generation, Laurent Ballesta; by Stéphane Lavoué, with his images of life at sea; and by Indian photographer Supratim Bhattacharjee, who documents the impact of climate change in the Sundarbans archipelago.
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More information available on the festival homepage
Art meets Health is a joint initiative by the Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo and Med.Vital Baden. The project promotes the well-being of festival visitors by encouraging them to explore simple meditation exercises at 12 designated stations throughout Gutenbrunner Park and Doblhoff Park.
INFO POINT
Brusattiplatz
2500 Baden
+43 (0) 2252 / 86 800-600
info@baden.at
Subject to change
Status: March 31st 2026