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Cookie Cutter - that's the word that may come to your mind when you think of children's portraits. You know: Sears Portrait Studio, lights bolted to the floor, hand the kid a prop, smile, click - $39.95 please. It is possible to see children's portraits differently though.
Anne Geddes has made a small industry out of her photos of children and motherhood. Anne Geddes work is over-the-top cute, but it has an originality that is difficult to deny.
The polar opposite to Anne Geddes might be Sally Mann. Sally Mann's photos of children can be dark and disturbing, but are always compelling.
Another from this genre are the photos of Loretta Lux. Trained as a painter (many of her images are composites of photos and paintings) her images are, as a reviewer stated, "as charming as they are creepy".
The assignment for this month is to find a new path for children's portraits - to break the cookie cutter.
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