MARK LAITA SEALED ARCHIVAL PIGMENT PRINT COP & GANG MEMBER 1/20 SIGNED 2003/1999

Description: This rare archival pigment print by Mark Laita features a police officer and gang member in a thought-provoking diptych format. The black and white image captures the social history and portrait of these two subjects. This limited edition print is numbered and signed by the artist, making it a unique addition to any art collection. Noted this is #1 and first of the series of 20 made. The photograph showcases Laita's documentary and photojournalism style, highlighting a thought provoking contrast between the police force and gang culture. This original piece is produced using a pigment print production technique, ensuring its quality and longevity. The photo was acquired from Malibu Estate and has been kept in the original cellophane paper that it was purchased in and has never been opened, the photo shown on eBay is slightly granular as I have not removed the paper in order to keep the integrity. Size of board: 24.5 x 36.5 About the photographer: Mark Laita grew up in the Midwest cities of Detroit and Chicago, where he discovered photography at the age of fifteen. As a teenager he worked on a series of portraits of Chicago's homeless, which thirty years later matured and expanded into Created Equal. He earned a degree in photography from Columbia College and the University of Illinois/Chicago. He divides his time between Los Angeles and New York City. Soft white underbelly ( see Instagram and you tube) Soft White Underbelly is an American YouTube channel by Mark Laita that interviews "people who are frequently invisible in society—the unhoused, the sex worker, the chronic drug user, the runaway, the gang member, the poor and the sick".[2][3] Laita, who previously worked as a commercial photographer, created the channel in April 2016 as an extension of his 2009 photo book Created Equal.[4]

Price: 2000 USD

Location: Beverly Hills, California

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