O
ften she employs extravagant use of
makeup, clothing and selected props, to
create a world surrounding the human
subject or to draw out their personality
sleeping within. "There's a fine balance," says
Laxton, "between what you put the individual in
and how you style them. The individual inspires
the process but the other pieces come together
and bring out the individual." It's a balance, she's
been perfecting and continues to challenge as
she finds new models to capture and imagines
new themes to build around them. "[The models]
definitely inspire me," she says, "because there
are different personalities I'm dealing with and I
definitely need to craft around the personality. If
you look at the pieces of the wire art, [the models]
were very malleable and became very fluid." The
wire art collection is one of several themed photo
collections that Laxton has created, based on
materials both natural and manufactured. The
collections, some of which can be viewed on her
website, include themes such as marble, wood,
and wire as well as more conceptual themes
such as graffiti and even an homage to Picasso.
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