Mark Laita: Created Equal

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

The selection process was meticulously conducted by a panel of esteemed experts, comprising notable figures in the realm of photography. Laita states: “At the heart of this collection of portraits is my desire to remind us that we are all equal, until our environment, circumstances or fate molds us and weathers us into whom we become. Taking Rawls's humane and egalitarian liberalism as his starting point, Chandler builds a careful and ultimately irresistible case for a progressive agenda that would fundamentally reshape our societies for the better. Imagine: you are designing a society, but you don't know who you'll be within it - rich or poor, man or woman, gay or straight. At the age of 33, Jefferson may have also borrowed the expression from an Italian friend and neighbor, Philip Mazzei, [9] born in Prato, as noted by Joint Resolution 175 of the 103rd Congress as well as by John F.

As a teenager he devoted all his time to photography, eventually working on a series of portraits of Chicago’s homeless people. Detroit-born photographer Mark Laita questions what it is in life that puts people, who were born equal, to follow completely different paths. Period-Style binding executed with materials, tools and techniques to approximate the look of a contemporary binding from the period of the book’s publication. Their story challenges others to grasp the truth that God breathed life into the human race— created equal—in His likeness, for the purpose of glorifying Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who desires all people to come to salvation in Him through obedience, demonstrating love toward all.

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. By photographing recognizable characters in society, it is highly surprising to find that the relationships between these seemingly opposite figures are oftentimes closely related. At the heart of this collection of portraits is my desire to remind us that we were all equal, until our environment, circumstances or fate molded and weathered us into whom we have become. Folio Book composed of sheets that are folded once and printed on both sides, making two leaves and four pages.Endpapers Extra leaves—plain, colored or decorated—with which a bookbinder covers the insides of the book’s boards, therefore not part of the actual text block.

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Created Equal, Mark’s first non-commercial work, took him 8 years to complete and was published in 2010. Guided by the ingenious vision of Anna Misyura, this project is more than just a series of images; it's a powerful statement, a rebel yell echoing the desires of a generation seeking deep, genuine connections. Almost all commercial work has a committee or focus group making certain that the end result is “nice. Presented as diptychs, Laita's portraits reconsider or reinforce our perception of American archetypes as they explore themes of wealth, race, gender, sexuality and more in the United States.