Loretta Lux (Dresden, 1969) werd opgeleid als schilder aan de kunstacademie in München en begon in 1999 met fotograferen. In 2005 won zij de prestigieuze Infinity Award van het International Centre of Photography in New York…
The artist executes her compositions using a combination of photography, painting and digital manipulation, favoring simple backgrounds over the more elaborate backdrops that characterized her earlier work. Trained as a painter at the Munich Academy and influenced by Old Masters such as Goya, Bronzino, Runge, and Velasquez, Ms. Lux works the entire surface of the photographic image in the computer over the course of many weeks. Props and vintage costumes are carefully selected, as are her subjects…