L O R E T T A L U X

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L O R E T T A L U X
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She is a contemporary artist, known for her
surrealist portraits of children
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About Loretta

• Born in Dresden, East Germany
• Began photographing children about eight years
  ago
• Much of the meaning behind her work remains a
  mystery childhood
• Uses a combination of photography, painting, and
  digital imaging (Photoshop)

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Schooling and awards

• Lux graduated from the Academy of Visual Arts at
  Munich in the 1990s
• She debuted at the Yossi Milo gallery in NYC in
  2004
• Received the Infinity Award for Art from the
  International Center of Photography in 2005

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• Trained as a painter
• Uses painting for faces and backgrounds
• Distorts with Photoshop
• No exact or consistent process

The Rose Garden, 2001
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Children are the perfect subject. They have no
reservations. They are the perfect models.
Antonia, 2006
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Sasha and Ruby, 2005
Sasha and Ruby, 2008
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Diane Arbus - Identical Twins, 1967
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The Book, 2001
Balthus - The Living Room, 1942
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Lewis Carroll Alice, 1861
Girl With Loaf of Bread, 2008
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Dorothea, 2001
Raphael - Madonna, c. 1505
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Isabella, 2001
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Girl with Crossed Arms, 2001
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Spring, 2001
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Maria I, 2001
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Maria II, 2001
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Study of a Boy, 2002
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Study of a Girl I, 2002
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The Fish, 2003
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At the Window, 2004
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Hopper, 2005
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Girl with Marbles, 2005
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The Dove, 2006
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The Waiting Girl, 2006
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The Hush, 1999
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Sources

• http//www.torchgallery.com/loretta-lux
• http//www.yossimilo.com/artists/lore_lux/
• http//www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1
  810329,00.html
• http//www.mocp.org/collections/permanent/lux_lore
  tta.php