Christian Lutz

The Théâtre de Vidy in Lausanne invited Christian Lutz to show excerpts from his work on the routes migrants followed to Europe in the hope of a better life. The no man’s land exhibition opposes an idealized vision of Switzerland, its idyllic countryside and lovely houses, to the everyday life of asylum seekers who found refuge on Swiss territory. The monumental outdoor installation was a pathway between high fences, forcing visitors to be physically confronted by an uncompromising reality.

Christian Lutz traveled to Las Vegas on several occasions to document the downside of the city that never sleeps. Away from the glitter and lights of big casinos, the photographer’s sharp eye captured the disillusion of individuals confronted with the voracious entertainment industry. Inaugurated at Espace Images in 2016 on the night Donald Trump was elected President of the United States, the Insert Coins exhibition looked at the excesses and extremes of liberal society through a gallery of distraught characters under neon lights, partiers asleep on the sidewalk and homeless people dressed up in costumes in the hope of collecting a few coins.

Laureate of the Grand Prix Images Vevey 2009/2010, Christian Lutz applied the grant to Tropical Gift, the second chapter of his project on the issue of power. In Nigeria, Africa’s largest producer of crude oil, the photographer ventured into and explored the closed world of businesses and people connected to the oil or natural gas industries. Drawing a bitter account of the balance of power between dominants and dominated, he turned his lens towards a country that symbolizes economical and political issues and disparities between North and South.

Laureate of the Grand Prix Images Vevey 2009/2010, Christian Lutz applied the grant to Tropical Gift, the second chapter of his project on the issue of power. In Nigeria, Africa’s largest producer of crude oil, the photographer ventured into and explored the closed world of businesses and people connected to the oil or natural gas industries. Drawing a bitter account of the balance of power between dominants and dominated, he turned his lens towards a country that symbolizes economical and political issues and disparities between North and South.