Taking the photograph is only the starting point for German artist Loretta Lux. It’s when she starts transforming her portraits on the computer when the children become part of a completely new setting. Some objects in the photographs are removed and replaced by silent backgrounds, revealing a calmness and beauty that makes it easy to get lost in her portraits for a long, long time…
As an educated painter, Loretta started experimenting with photographical work in 1999. And it’s perhaps because of her background that her work is far more than a photograph. The children become as frozen as a photo could possibly freeze a fragment. Yet at the same time, they transform into a painterly and surrealistic work of art. Oftenly pale, a bit disturbing, and breathtaking.
Website: www.lorettalux.de
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