About Matt Lutton

Matt Lutton is an American photographer based in Belgrade, Serbia. He studied with the Comparative History of Ideas Department and the Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies Center at the University of Washington. He has photographed for a diversity of publications from The New York Times to The Fader and is the author of three solo exhibitions that were shown in his hometown of Seattle in 2008.

Grants/Awards:

Nominee, POYi Emerging Vision Incentive. June 2010.

First Place news photograph, Serbia Press Photo. February 2010.

Featured in Anthropographia Award and traveling exhibition. January 2010.

Student Portfolio Award, Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar. December 2008.

Award of Excellence in International Picture Story. CPOY 63. November 2008.

Finalist, Photolucida Critical Mass. November 2008.

Elevation 2008 portfolio winner from The Photoshelter Collection. April 2008.

Vladimir Gross Scholarship, University of Washington, 2008.

Award of Excellence Grant, Alexia Foundation for World Peace. 2007.

Major Projects:  

I See A Darkness (2005) is a psychological portrait of an intense relationship with New York City. It is influenced by Russian literature such as The Master and Margarita and modern “New Americana” music, especially Will Oldham’s album of the same name. A version of this project was exhibited in Seattle in 2008. 

Homeless in Seattle (2006) is a record of Seattle’s expanding homeless community at the beginning of a new century and was exhibited at Seattle City Hall in 2008 with support from The Alexia Foundation. The images continue to tour the city with various NGOs to raise awareness of the individuals still living on Seattle’s streets. 

Kosovo New Born (2007) is an ongoing project about the social growth and development of the newest country in the world, begun nine months before Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence. The work has been recognized by the College Photographer of the Year Award, the Photoshelter Collection, Photolucida Critical Mass and the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar. 

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (2009) is the first chapter of a story about the endangered and persecuted Roma population living in central Belgrade, Serbia. It documents the community living under the Gazela bridge before its destruction on August 31, 2009 by the local government in a bid to open the land for reconstruction and development. Exhibited by Anthropographia and published by The Sunday Times Magazine.