loretta lux

i love photography, how they show the viewer things not usually seen when we're moving around, like how the sunlight streams down through dark, rain-ladden clouds; it's not as obvious than on film.

loretta lux is a photographer who uses bright colours to eerily highlight the innocence and fragility of the children she captures on film. most of her backdrops have an antiquated feel but the pictures themselves point to a future that might not be as it seems. the children themselves aren't meant to be children but 'metaphors', lone sufferes in life who ultimately survive.

i wonder why she named this piece 'three wishes'? is it because the child is intently rubbing her hands deciding on a desire? half-lidded eyes dreaming of a future with ___? how are the thought processes of a child with that want?