Created Equal

Photographer, Mark Laita created a stunning series of portraiture diptychs that portray differences among American subcultures. He says, "At the heart of this collection of diptychs is my desire to remind us that we were all equal, until our environment, circumstances, or fate mold and weathered us into whom we have become." The staunch poses, and 'costumes' of the subjects speaks to whom they portray themselves to be, but looking beyond the outer decoration, and into their direct and serious gazes it becomes evident that the outer decoration is all about their formed difference, beyond that, they are all human.