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 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 personnel 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. AUTHOR: Born in Geneva in 1973, he studied photography in Brussels and has been a freelance photographer in Geneva since 1996. 54 photographs
- ISBN13 9783037781104
- Publish Date 1 July 2007
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 October 2012
- Publish Country CH
- Imprint Lars Muller Publishers
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 90
- Language English