Interesting photographer: Loretta Lux

RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,962 moderator
edited July 19, 2007 in The Big Picture
Haunting images of children from German artist Loretta Lux here.

Check it out.

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  • ivarivar Registered Users Posts: 8,395 Major grins
    edited July 17, 2007
    rsinmadrid wrote:
    Haunting images of children from German artist Loretta Lux here.

    Check it out.

    Regards,
    I like them thumb.gif

    The website is a bit annoying to navigate though...
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  • ShepsMomShepsMom Registered Users Posts: 4,319 Major grins
    edited July 17, 2007
    Interesting is right, some of them portraits looks a little spooky headscratch.gif and some don't look real. I probably don't know what i'm talking about.
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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited July 17, 2007
    She certainly likes that trick of making the head 10-30% larger than it is in reality. Also the pastel colors and line drawing style too.

    Arresting images - not really photos, but not really drawings either.
    This seems to be where a lot of photographers tend to move towards.

    Marc talked about a change towards the surreal in photos. Certainly apt here.
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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,245 moderator
    edited July 17, 2007
    L.L.'s works look like a mix between photographic portraiture + Norman Rockwell. I also have a difficult time believing that's her real name. Nevertheless, interesting stuff.
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  • pyrtekpyrtek Registered Users Posts: 539 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2007
    Poor kids. :)
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  • wholenewlightwholenewlight Registered Users Posts: 1,529 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2007
    David_S85 wrote:
    L.L.'s works look like a mix between photographic portraiture + Norman Rockwell. I also have a difficult time believing that's her real name. Nevertheless, interesting stuff.

    It isn't her real name. Supposedly no one knows her real name. And she never describes how she creates her art - except that sometimes she'll spend six months on the same shot in photoshop (concurrently with other projects, I assume!).

    http://www.lorettalux.de/images/press-lore_lux.pdf
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  • emmalouemmalou Registered Users Posts: 412 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2007
    Honestly, it creeps me out.ne_nau.gif
  • wholenewlightwholenewlight Registered Users Posts: 1,529 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2007
    Creepy in a way but I like her work.

    Surreal to be sure.

    Not semi-offensive like Jill Greenberg' shots of crying kids (here's a link to an old thread discussing her work).
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,962 moderator
    edited July 19, 2007
    wholenewlight wrote:
    Creepy in a way but I like her work.

    Surreal to be sure.
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    I have always liked surrealism, but I wouldn't want her to do a portrait of my kid. :D

    I think what impressed me the most about these photos is the consistent vision. I guess that's what separates the artists from the rest of us.
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