Christophe Kutner born in Narbonne, France, Christophe Kutner began his career assisting legendary photographer, Horst P. Horst. He has collaborated with the most well-known international fashion magazines and has created numerous images for advertising campaigns. While he continues to photograph for such industries, it is his ever-expanding interest with realism that keeps the artistinspired Christophe lives and works in New York. «State of United States - Lost and Found Diary» State of United States is a several years ongoing photographic diary of Christophe’s road trip throughout the US, capturing some of the most sequestered regions of the country. Christophe began this jorney while visiting upstate NewYork in February of 2013. Since then, he began creating individual«portraits» of each visited state - a portrait being a series of photographs taken while traveling through. A booklet is published approximately every two months. Each state portrait features a 34-page pamphlet with an outside cover made of pastel-colored recycled paper that when pieced together, resembles an antique US map. Inspired by his love for road trips, Christophe finds himself in awe of America’s ever-changing landscapes, each state’s unique identity,and the disparities that lie within a state’s borders. Christophe lends an artistic aesthetic and acute attention to what lies beneath the mundane, while also bringing to view the country’s recent economic crisis through his images. Likewise, Christophe intends to accentuate the sameness and arbitrariness of each state as exhibited through: subject, color, frame, and sometimes, people.«As a foreigner, I had an idea of what the United States was, but that [image] was pretty far from reality. I couldn’t imagine that once traveling outside NYC I would encounter so many people living in trailers and decrepit wooden houses. Those distressed human traces were unexpectedly repeated in every state I visited, contrasting with the diversity of lifestyles and amazing landscapes. That contrast became the focus of my artistic quest.To me, this road trip has a cinematic feel to it: a montage of moments driving, discovering, and exploring all these sceneries, and the intimate momentsof the people I’m traveling with, while resting in cheap motel rooms. At the same time, it’s a strike of reality of the US people’s living conditions nowadays.» - Christophe Kutner
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