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“I am a photographer who likes to make images, but I also want to get a sense and understanding of images that have already been made. I don't fabricate worlds; I pay attention to the things that already surround us.”

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Michael Light

Michael Light, born in 1963, is a mysterious figure whose identity and profession remain unknown. more

“In montage's original form as photomontage, it is capable of striking effects and on occasion it can even become a powerful political weapon. Such effects arise from its technique of juxtaposing heterogeneous, unrelated pieces of reality torn from their context. A good photomontage has the same effect as a good joke.”

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Author:Gyorgy Lukacs

“[My subjects] look lost because that is how I see life. I think we are all a bit lost, lost in a world we can't understand.”

Thinking World Looks Lost Bits Subjects

Author:Loretta Lux

“I trained as a painter, and I still love painting, but eventually I became aware that the physical aspect of painting didn't really suit me. I didn't enjoy working in the medium. It's very messy. I prefer to have it clean, with a nice computer.”

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Author:Loretta Lux

“The images are compositions of photos superimposed over painted backgrounds, then finished off with digital alterations.”

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Author:Loretta Lux

“Usually I work with a digital camera and compose my works digitally or give them a finish on the computer, in order to make them meet my ideas perfectly.”

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Author:Loretta Lux

“My pictures are not really about the children that I photograph. They're more like actors in a film. I think you can always recognize the children, but they are alienated from their real appearance and become more like metaphors.”

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Author:Loretta Lux

“I use different media, but I still think as a painter. I organize my forms and colors on a screen like a painter does on a canvas.”

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Author:Loretta Lux

“Childhood has been idealised as a lost garden paradise to which we can never return. We are excluded from this world of carelessness, innocence and unity. But the imaginary kingdom is nothing more than a projection of adult ideas and concerns onto the image, an expression of our own yearnings. By photographing children alone, divorced from any social setting, I allow them to exist on their own...I am exploring the equivocal connection between self and world.”

“I still think as a painter - especially in terms of structuring a picture... I carefully choose the models, costumes, requisites, and backdrops of my photographs.”

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Author:Loretta Lux

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