Olivia Locher | |
Birth Date: | 20 December 1990 |
Birth Place: | Johnstown, Pennsylvania |
Education: | Bachelor of Fine Arts |
Alma Mater: | The School of Visual Arts |
Occupation: | Photographer |
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Olivia Locher (born in 1990) is an American photographer. She gained notoriety for her photography series breaking an eccentric law from each of the 50 States of the Union, entitled I Fought the Law.[1] A monograph of this project was released by Chronicle Books[2] in September 2017.
Locher was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and is the youngest of two children. She enrolled as a photography student at The School of Visual Arts in New York City in 2009 and received her BFA in 2013.[3]
Locher is known for her sarcastic approach to studio photography with a heavy focus on color and concept.[4] Her first monograph is Olivia Locher: I Fought the Law, with a foreword by poet Kenneth Goldsmith and an interview of Locher by Eric Shiner. The images in I Fought the Law were created between June 2013 and June 2016 at Locher's studio in New York City and in her hometown of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.[5]
Locher was a recipient of Forbes 30 Under 30 Art & Style for 2018.[6]
Locher has contributed editorial assignments to The New York Times Magazine, W, Pitchfork, and Vice.