Christian Lutz receives photo award
Photographer Christian Lutz received the 2007 Ewz.selection Award for his work «Protokoll.» The prize for contemporary Swiss photography is endowed with 15,000 francs and was presented for the tenth time.
Photographer Christian Lutz has received the Ewz.selection Award 2007 for his work "Protocol". The Geneva-based photographer spent three years following the Swiss diplomatic corps. According to the organizers, Lutz succeeded in capturing gestures, situations and moments up close, surprisingly and precisely. The prize for contemporary Swiss photography is endowed with 15,000 Swiss francs and was awarded for the tenth time. The other prizes went to Betty Fleck, Zurich (Photo Prize of the Association of Photographic Designers in the "Advertising" category), Fabio Biasio, Lucerne (Photo Prize of the Sonntagszeitung in the "Editorial Photography" category), Nathalie Bissig, Zurich (Photo Prize of Blick in the "Fine Arts" category) and Philip Schaerer, Zurich (Photo Prize of the culture magazine Du in the "Free" category). The category prizes are endowed with CHF 5,000. Noe Flum from Zurich received the Audience Award of the photography magazine "Fotointern" in the amount of CHF 1,000.
The award ceremony took place at the Night of Swiss Photography in Zurich. The Swiss Photography exhibition, which showcases advertising, art and editorial photography, was also opened at the EWZ Selnau substation.
