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Christian Lutz Christian Lutz was born in 1973 in Geneva. After studying photography at the Art School, "Le 75," in Brussels, Christian Lutz has been working on stories taking him from the Balkans to South America, West Africa to the United States, and back to his native Switzerland. His work has been exhibited in a variety of places. His latest story, "Protokoll," won the Nicolas Bouvier Prize in Switzerland and the 2007 German Photography Book Prize, and was nominated for the 2007 HSBC Foundation Prize. 
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Stories
 | Srebrenica commemorative walk, Bosnia-Herzegovina (2009) This march follows the same trail as that of the column of 14 000 men who left Srebrenica July 11 1995 following the attack of Serbian forces and the abandonment of the « safe zone » by UN forces.
It symbollicaly retraces the path through the main locations of past massacres between Pobudje and Potocari. It is here that each year there is a commemoration to the genocide of Srebenica. At the Potocari memorial, the coffins containing the remains of bodies identified and registered over the year are displayed before being buried. |
 | Outwest, Cow Boys, USA (2008) These pictures are part of an on going series on Western America.
In this work, I focus on the scale of American landscape, the relationship between man and nature (by the way he dominates it) and the clichés on Western.
I photographed the ranch of the Davis family : cattle breeders isolated in the Alvord desert (in the East of the Oregon state).
An encounter with Paul : the manager of the property and his steward, the cow boy Mike, their 3500 head of cattle spread on 160 000 hectares of land ; with Tony : the manager's wife and their 5 children.
A story in which sweet and cruel characters are left to a hostile land. |
 | Amsterdam, Container Houses (2007) In an industrial area in the south of Amsterdam, the government built the project "Keetwonen" : a village for students, made of 1050 recycled containers, of 30 sq. meters each, and a balcony.
The rent for a container (with a bathroom and kitchen) is 250 euros a month, internet access included. |
 | Coney Island, New York (2007) This former island which later became a penisula is located at the very south end of New York City and it has been a seaside resort since the 1930s.
Streching out on more than six kilometres long, the beach is facing the Atlantic Ocean.
It is a 40-minute subway ride away from Manhattan and this spot is very vivid for encountering the complexity of New York cultural mixing.
Coney Island is famous for its mythical beach as well as its theme park.
Thoses pictures have been shot in 2003.
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 | Protokoll (2007) Christian Lutz describes ironically describes the environment in which ministers, politicians and other key officials and their activities, and fun to reveal the stage of power and hierarchies that structure the politics. |
 | AOC, Recoverd Identity, Switzerland (2005) These images are from the story are part of book “AOC found identity”, published by Editions Infolio, which deals with AOC cheese in Switzerland. The work is done in collaboration with photographer Hugues de Wurstemberger between 2004 and 2005.
Hugues of Wurstemberger and Christian Lutz toured Switzerland to meet these women and men attached to their land and who work daily to make us share these treasures of our culinary heritage like the Gruyère AOC, Tête de Moine AOC, the AOC Etivaz, Vacherin Mont-d'Or AOC, Sbrinz the AOC, the AOC Alpkäse Berner and Formaggio alpe d'ticinese AOC. |
Books
 | Protokoll The photographs in this book were taken between October 2003 and July 2006, mainly when traveling abroad with varoious delegations of the Swiss Federal Department of Internal Affairs - some fifteen journeys in all. This work was prompted by ambiguous relationship, part attraction, part repulsion, that i have with authority, power and hierarchical systems... Text by: Christian Lutz Publisher: Lars Müller Publishers (2007) 962 pages Size: 24 x 30 cm ISBN :978-3037781104 
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 | AOC, une identité retrouvée Didier Schmutz, journaliste et reporter bien connu dans le monde agricole, accompagné de deux photographes, Hugues de Wurstemberger et Christian Lutz, ont sillonné la Suisse à la rencontre de ces femmes et de ces hommes attachés à leur terroir et qui œuvrent au quotidien afin de nous faire partager ces joyaux de notre patrimoine culinaire que sont le Gruyère AOC, la Tête de Moine AOC, L’Etivaz AOC, le Vacherin Mont-d’Or AOC, le Sbrinz AOC, le Berner Alpkäse AOC et le Formaggio d’alpe ticinese AOC. Text by: Didier Schmutz Publisher: Infolio Éditions (2005) 276 pages Size: 28 x 28 cm ISBN :2-88474-009-0
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 | Karpathos Le travail de Christian Lutz est une tentative de regard sinon neuf au moins différent sur l'île de Karphatos. Text by: Christian Lutz, préface de Aris Georgiou Publisher: Ides et calendes (2000) 96 pages Size: 12 x 17 cm ISBN :2-8258-0161-5
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Awards
2009 - Vevey International Photo Awards
2009 - Audience Award in Montpellier Boutographies festival, for his work OutWest
2009 - Portfolio award of FotoLeggendo Festival in Rome, for his work Protokoll
2008 - EWZ.selection-award (best photographic work 2007 in Switzerland) for the "Protokoll" series
2008 - Bourse de l'Illustré (suisse)
bourse de 15000 francs pour réaliser un travail photo sur un sujet de proximité, à sensibilité sociale ou éthique.
2007 - The book « Protokoll » won the German Photography Book Prize
2007 - Nicolas Bouvier Prize (Switzerland)
2007 - Nominé au Prix de la Fondation HSBC pour la photographie (France)
2003 - Bourse-Résidence pour New York octroyée par l’Etat de Genève (Switzerland)
Exhibitions
 | OutWest (Lyon) From 2010-09-10 to 2010-10-16 The series "outw" has emerged from the encounter between Christian and Lutz family Davis. On behalf of a Swiss film production company he stayed for a visit in the Alvord Desert in Oregon and found interest in the life of the Davis family, which is involved in raising livestock. It is the story of meeting with Paul, the supreme boss of the operation, and his administrator, the Cowboy Mike. It is also the story of their 3500 cattle, which are spread over an area of 160,000 hectares, and the story of Tony, the wife of the chief, and their five children. \r« In this work, I focus on the scale of...  More information... |
 | Tropical Gift (Vevey) From 2010-09-04 to 2010-09-26 During three trips to Nigeria in 2009 and 2010, Christian Lutz documented the business of gas and oil in the country.
On one side, he takes pictures of the expatriate businessmen in the capital Abudja in their private life, at work or during negociations with members of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. On the other side, he studies local pollution in the Niger delta, where the oil lies. More information... |
 | Protokoll (Rome) From 2009-10-09 to 2009-10-31 Christian Lutz describes ironically describes the environment in which ministers, politicians and other key officials and their activities, and fun to reveal the stage of power and hierarchies that structure the politics. More information... |
 | Protokoll (Nantes) From 2009-09-18 to 2009-10-04 In his work "Protokoll," Christian Lutz describes with irony the environment in which ministers, politicians and other high officials exercise their activities, and fun to unveil the latest stage of power and hierarchies that structure the political . The protocol, if we wanted to paraphrase Henri Bergson, is the mechanical encrusted on the policy. A mechanical always well oiled, the chance is never appropriate in these ceremonials, all makes sense, and everything must be thought, anticipated. The ceremony starched expresses the importance of the issues, the dramatization of the action... More information... |
 | Outwest (Bienne) From 2009-09-04 to 2009-09-27 The series "outw" has emerged from the encounter between Christian and Lutz family Davis. On behalf of a Swiss film production company he stayed for a visit in the Alvord Desert in Oregon and found interest in the life of the Davis family, which is involved in raising livestock. It is the story of meeting with Paul, the supreme boss of the operation, and his administrator, the Cowboy Mike. It is also the story of their 3500 cattle, which are spread over an area of 160,000 hectares, and the story of Tony, the wife of the chief, and their five children. The photographer sat down for two years... More information... |
 | Outwest (Montpellier) From 2009-06-06 to 2009-06-21 Christian Lutz shows in his photo story »Out West« the life of cattle-breeders and cowboys in Oregon/USA. The state is in the West of the USA and almost three times bigger than Austria. Agricultural goods make up the biggest part of the state’s economic goods. The story focuses on the relation between man and nature. For his series the photographer accompanied ranchers, cattle-breeders and cowboys. More information... |
 | Protokoll (Charleroi) From 2009-05-30 to 2009-09-13 In his work ‘Protokoll’ Christian Lutz invites himself in the circles of political power. He is interested in the display of authority, the hierarchy of the relationships and the various protocols to which the Ministers and their delegations are subjected. Christian Lutz describes with irony the particular environment in which political men and women, important statesmen and bureaucrats move and work. He takes us with him into the backstage of places of power and reveals the hierarchies that structure the political apparatus. More information... |
 | Protokoll (Charleroi) From 2009-05-30 to 2009-09-13 "Protokoll" phonetic transcription of the word "protocol" is, according to a definition of Robert, a "code of rules to be observed in matters of etiquette, precedence in ceremonies and official relations. In this work, carried out between 2003 and 2006, Christian Lutz ironically shows the environment in which politicians, ministers and other bureaucrats and fun to update the whims of power that structure the trappings of politics. Christian Lutz makes us discover the backstage of a strange world, the intimate part of the public domain, the Convention of an orderly world in which the... More information... |
 | Protokoll (Nice) From 2009-03-27 to 2009-05-16 In his work 'Protokoll' Christian Lutz invites himself in the circles of political power. He is interested in the display of authority, the hierarchy of the relationships and the various protocols to which the Ministers and their delegations are subjected. Christian Lutz describes with irony the particular environment in which political men and women, important statesmen and bureaucrats move and work. He takes us with him into the backstage of places of power and reveals the hierarchies that structure the political apparatus. More information... |
 | Protokoll (Lyon) From 2009-01-10 to 2009-02-21 In his work 'Protokoll' Christian Lutz invites himself in the circles of political power. He is interested in the display of authority, the hierarchy of the relationships and the various protocols to which the Ministers and their delegations are subjected. Christian Lutz describes with irony the particular environment in which political men and women, important statesmen and bureaucrats move and work. He takes us with him into the backstage of places of power and reveals the hierarchies that structure the political apparatus. More information... |
 | Out West (Hannovre) From 2008-06-18 to 2008-06-22 Christian Lutz shows in his photo story »Out West« the life of cattle-breeders and cowboys in Oregon/USA. The state is in the West of the USA and almost three times bigger than Austria. Agricultural goods make up the biggest part of the state’s economic goods. The story focuses on the relation between man and nature. For his series the photographer accompanied ranchers, cattle-breeders and cowboys. More information... |
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