2.5 months
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5 countries
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25 hotels/guesthouses
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14 buses (5 sleeper)
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4 sleeper trains
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8 mini buses
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4 bicycles
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9 planes
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10 boats
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8 towns
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7 cities
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3 islands
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10 beaches
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Countless Tuk-Tuk rides
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Countless motorbikes/scooters I hitched rides with
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Countless people I met-n-befriended-tourists and locals
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Countless amazing meals on the street/resto's/markets
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S.E ASIA 2011… ONE EPIC RIDE
Created Equal ~ Diptychs Depicting the Dichotomy of American Society by Mark Laita
Beauty Salon Customer / Man with Curlers
Company President / Cleaner
French Chef / Short Order Cook
Baptist Minister / Ku Klux Klan
Marine / War Veteran
Polygamists / Pimp
Bodybuilder / Amish Farmer
Young Boxer / Retired Boxer
Lingerie Model / Woman in Girdle
Catholic Nuns / Prostitutes
Ballerina / Boxer
Mariachis / Elvis Impersonators
Fur Trapper / Woman with Dog
Gang Member / Mafioso
Bank Robber / Deputies
Amish Adolescents / Teens punks
Vegetarian / Butcher
Homeless Man / Real Estate Developer
Editorial Review:
"In America, the chasm between rich and poor is growing, the clash between conservatives and liberals is strengthening, and even good and evil seem more polarized than ever before. 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." ~Mark Laita
Los Angeles- and New York-based photographer Mark Laita completed Created Equal over the course of eight years; his poignant words reflect the striking polarizations found in his photographs. Presented as diptychs, the images explore social, economic and gender difference and similarity within the United States, emulating and updating the portraiture of Edward Curtis, August Sander and Richard Avedon. This volume includes an introduction by noted culture writer and editorial cult figure Ingrid Sischy.
