Peter Andrew Lusztyk — Symbols of Switzerland

Peter Andrew Lusztyk Joins Petra Gut Contemporary: Swiss Symbols Reimagined with Precision

Petra Gut Contemporary is delighted to welcome Peter Andrew Lusztyk to the gallery programme.

Peter Andrew Lusztyk, born in 1982, has built an international reputation for photographs that transform the familiar into something quietly extraordinary.

He employs meticulous focus stacking and takes dozens of exposures to create images of exceptional clarity, where every texture and contour is visible.

His work has appeared in Wired, The Atlantic, Esquire, and Le Monde, and has earned awards from the International Photography Awards and PX3 Paris.

Whether the subject is a Swiss Passport, a stamp or a rare coin, his goal remains constant: to reveal the hidden beauty and meaning within the everyday.

Peter Andrew Lusztyk, Selection of Still Lifes, 2025, Giclée-Prints, Limited Ed.

From Everyday Object to Cultural Emblem

Peter Andrew Lusztyk, born in 1982, has built an international reputation for photographs that transform the familiar into something quietly extraordinary.
He uses meticulous focus stacking and dozens of exposures to create images of exceptional clarity where every texture and contour is visible.
His work appears in Wired, The Atlantic, Esquire and Le Monde and has earned awards from the International Photography Awards and PX3 Paris.

Whether the subject is a Swiss Passport, a stamp or a rare coin, his goal remains constant: to reveal the hidden beauty and meaning within the everyday.

Peter Andrew Lusztyk, Zumenstien 12BIZ Swiss Coat of Arms 20 Centimes 1935, 61 x 61 cm, Limited Ed.

Swiss Symbols, Rethought: Lusztyk’s Contribution to Above & Beyond

For the exhibition, Lusztyk turns his attention to the artefacts of Swiss identity.

Using the APLA SWISS Focus Stacking Camera, he creates ultra-high-resolution still lifes of Swiss passports, postage stamps, banknotes, the famous Golden Vreneli, lobster claws, and tins of caviar.

Each object is isolated on a neutral background, lit with quiet precision and presented not as a souvenir but as a cultural sign.

These photographs ask provocative questions:

Is identity carried in a passport?

Is luxury embedded in a product?

In St. Moritz, where style and tradition meet, these works resonate as reflections on belonging, value and discretion.

Peter Andrew Lusztyk, Lobster Claw, 122 x 91 cm, Limited Ed. of 5

Signature Projects

Beyond the Swiss series, Lusztyk’s career spans a wide range of acclaimed projects:

• Interchanges – aerial views of highway junctions that resemble sculptural abstractions.
• Point Blank – macro portraits of handguns, rendered with forensic detail and quiet intensity.
• Collectables, Fungi and Refined Sugar – magnified still lifes of coins, mushrooms and confections that transform the mundane into works of wonder.

Each body of work reveals the same dedication to clarity and the conviction that any subject, examined closely enough, possesses visual power.

A Dialogue of Three Visions

Within Switzerland Above & Beyond Lusztyk’s objects converse with Patrick Lambertz’s snowbound chalets and Tom Hegen’s aerial mappings of roads and tunnels.
Together they offer a portrait of Switzerland beyond postcards: a country defined by the homes we build, the routes we carve and the symbols we choose to preserve.

Peter Andrew Lusztyk, Swiss Passport, 122 x 91 cm, Limited Ed. of 5

Visit the Exhibition

Switzerland Above & Beyond: Traces of Home
Petra Gut Contemporary, St. Moritz
Via Chavallera 1A (Entrance Via dal Bagno 13)
7500 St. Moritz

4 – 25 October 2025
Open daily: 10:00–12:00 and 14:00–18:00

Experience Peter Andrew Lusztyk’s ultra-detailed still lifes together with works by Patrick Lambertz and Tom Hegen. Discover Switzerland from a new perspective – shaped by precision, memory, and the symbols that endure