L O R E T T A L U X

She is a contemporary artist, known for her surrealist portraits of children:

• 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)

About Loretta:

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

• Trained as a painter

• Uses painting for faces and backgrounds

• Distorts with Photoshop

• No exact or consistent process

The Rose Garden, 2001

“Children are the perfect subject. They have no reservations. They are the perfect models.”

Antonia, 2006

Sasha and Ruby, 2005

Sasha and Ruby, 2008

Diane Arbus - Identical Twins, 1967

The Book, 2001

Balthus - The Living Room, 1942

Lewis Carroll: Alice, 1861 Girl With Loaf of Bread, 2008

Dorothea, 2001 Raphael - Madonna, c. 1505

Isabella, 2001

Girl with Crossed Arms, 2001

Spring, 2001

Maria I, 2001

Maria II, 2001

Study of a Boy, 2002

Study of a Girl I, 2002

The Fish, 2003

At the Window, 2004

Hopper, 2005

Girl with Marbles, 2005

The Dove, 2006

The Waiting Girl, 2006

The Hush, 1999

Sources:

• http://www.torchgallery.com/loretta-lux

• http://www.yossimilo.com/artists/lore_lux/

• http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1810329,00.html

• http://www.mocp.org/collections/permanent/lux_loretta.php