Christian Lutz

Protokoll

Over a period 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 delegations are subjected. He isolates the clichés that rule the world and records the unsaid and unobserved with his camera. His images show a reality that differs from the official photographic reports. 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.

Over a period 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 delegations are subjected. He isolates the clichés that rule the world and records the unsaid and unobserved with his camera. His images show a reality that differs from the official photographic reports. 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.

Award: Best Swiss Photographer 2007

Author(s): Christian Lutz

Design: Integral Lars Müller

30 x 24 cm, 11 ¾ x 9 ½ in

90 pages, 54 illustrations

hardback

2007, 978-3-03778-110-4, English
CHF 40.00
Out of print

Christian Lutz

Christian Lutz, born in Geneva in 1973, studied photography at the Ecole Supérieure des Arts de l’Image, “Le 75” in Brussels. His artistic work has been awarded many prizes in Switzerland and abroad, and is regularly shown in exhibitions. He works as a freelance photographer in Geneva since 1996.