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| Christian Lutz / Protokoll |
Work selected from "G.Tabò" Award
Over a of three years the photographer Christian Lutz accompanied a member of the Swiss Federal Council on diverse official occasions throughout the world.
In Protokoll he observes the mise-en-scène of authority within the hierarchies to which the political decision makers and their delegation are subjected. He isolated the clichés that rules the world and records the unsaid and unobserved with his camera.
His images show a reality that differs from the official photographic reports.
The power that is presented in these strictly codified rituals gives way only briefly in fleeting gestures. Christian Lutz delimits a context in which the activities of the ministers, their deputies, and the personal that orbits the political cosmos unfold. The photographs present a concentrated critique that calls into question a deeply ingrained system of representation and causes readers to alternate between laughter and astonishment. |
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Christian Lutz
Born in Geneva (Switzerland) in 1973, Christian Lutz studied photography at the Art School “Le 75” in Brussels (Belgium). He is based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Christian Lutz has been working on stories in the Balkans, in South America, West Africa, in the United States and in Switzerland. His work has been exhibited in a variety of places.
He published the books: “Karpathos” in 1999 (publisher: Ides at Calendes); “AOC” with the photographer Hughes de Würstemberger in 2005 (publisher: Infolio); “Protokoll” (Lars Müller Publishers 2007).
Christian Lutz is represented by the agency Strates in Switzerland and VU' in France.
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