Loretta Lux

Loretta Lux creates composite photographs from photographs and paintings she has made.  She photographs children and eliminates all unnecessary objects from the backgrounds.  The compositions Lux creates are polished and muted while the children's features are slightly exaggerated.  Her exact process is unknown, as is her real name which was changed on the first night of her first group showing.  Her photographs are on the small side with the largest being 20x20 inches and the smallest being 12x12 inches.  Each piece typically takes approximately three months to create.

Source: "I Use Children as a Metaphor a Lost Paradise", Louise Baring, The Telegraph.

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