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Mark Laita à la Camera Work Gallery
CAMERA WORK is pleased to present an exhibition by American photographer Mark Laita. The exhibition will commence on February 4, 2012, and for the first time in Europe will feature the three new series Sea, Serpentine and Amaranthine with unique photographs of the most fascinating sea creatures, the most impressive serpents and the most colorful and graceful birds of our planet. The three series are connected by an exceptional visual approach depicting the animal as still life, as well as by recurring formal compositions, making Laita’s work an eminent position in contemporary, artistic Nature Photography.
Sea
The series Sea, finished in 2010 after a production period that lasted over 10 years, is already among the most wanted Nature Photography series. Whether it be a sea horse gently tending to its o... - Exposition
Mark Laita Created Equal
Raised in Detroit and Chicago Mark Laita studied photography at the University of Illinois and the Columbia College in Chicago. Already at the age of 15 he discovered his passion for this handcraft. Today Mark Laita counts as a successful and established photographer who runs studios in Los Angeles and New York.
Laita travelled across 48 federal states of the USA during the last seven years. Using a 8x10inch camera he took portraits of people who are representative for those states but unique at the same time. These works cumulated in the fascinating photo book Created Equal which will be presented in our gallery for the first time in Europe.
The aim of Laita's series is to show that we all are equal to the point to which the environment, the society or just fate form us to what we are now. We see this when watching La...
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