Matt Lutton (b. 1984) is a Seattle-based photojournalist specializing in documentary projects examining the politics and individuals of underrepresented issues in our modern world. He expects to graduate later this year from the University of Washington with a degree in Comparative History of Ideas, an interdisciplinary field that combines social philosophy, history, and literature, and has further background in Eastern European and Russian studies and language. Lutton has completed work from New Orleans to Kosovo and in his hometown of Seattle, is soon to photograph stories in Siberia and Moldova, and plans to relocate to Belgrade, Serbia in the near future. His project “Homeless in Seattle” was recognized by the Alexia Foundation for World Peace in 2007 and will be a major exhibition in Seattle in July 2008. He first exposure to photography came in high school because he couldn’t (or wouldn’t) sing, dance, draw, sculpt, paint or act and had an arts requirement to fulfill.
Winner of 2008 Elevation Award from Photoshelter Collection.

Images available through Invision (Europe and Asia) and the Photoshelter Collection.
Images below are excerpts from various projects, including some that are in-progress. Please visit mattlutton.com for complete stories.