In his personal projects, Robert Rutöd investigates the paradox Human, with its sometimes tragicomic aspects. In 2009 Less Is More resulted from that and three years later, Right Time Right Place. For this he received several awards including the New York Photo Award, the Special Prize of the Czech Center of Photography in 2012, and most recently the Artist of the Year award at Dong Gang International Photo Festival 2015.

Robert Rutöd’s photographs have been shown at numerous photography festivals and exhibitions throughout Europe, America and Asia; his work has been widely published in magazines and on blogs. Robert Rutöd lives and works in Vienna.

Books: Less Is More (2009), grayscales. early b&w photographs (2010), Milky Way (2014), Right Time Right Place (2015).