The photographer, painter and writer Peter Lufft studied philosophy in Lausanne. In the early 1930s he purchased a Leica and dedicated himself to photography. After the war, he found employment in the cultural department in Wölfenbüttel and organized and curated various art exhibitions in Braunschweig. In the early 1970s, he founded the gallery "Querschnitt" in Braunschweig. He retired in the early 1990s in Wolfenbüttel. The artist's excellent publications, catalogues and newspaper articles are also notable.
