Martin Gasser studied first photography at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and at Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester in the United States. In 1987-90, he studied in the History of Photography and Modern Art at Princeton University. In 1996, he became curator of collections at Fotomuseum Winterthur, and since 1998 co-director and curator at Fotostitung Schweiz (Swiss Foundation of Photography), Winterthur, Switzerland. He published numerous articles and curated exhibitions on 19th and 20th century photography, among others on daguerreoytypes, David Octavius Hill, Carl Durheim, Pictorialism, Marianne Breslauer, Robert Frank, and Balthasar Burkhard.