Maria Lau

"Local photographer's work is gift to her family"

May 06, 2010

Today is Rene Lau's 80th birthday. His daughter, Maria's photography has been a gift to him over the years.

A NJ born native, Maria Lau detoured from a career in anthropology once a grant she was awarded for field work in Mexico fell through due to restrictive travel advisories at the time. Instead she began studying photography at CUNY, where she was always encouraged to experiment, advice which has resulted in awards, group shows (including the Ni Modo show at the Paul Robeson Galleries in Newark) and various solo shows.

Her latest project, 71, was shown at the NJ State Museum, finally ending in January 2010. The Museum's curator Margaret O'Reilly, claimed in the press materials for the show that, "[w]hile these photographs serve as documents of lives re-discovered, they also succeed on a purely visual level, as well."

The "lives re-rediscovered" were Lau's own family...

 

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"Local photographer's work is gift to her family"

May 06, 2010

Today is Rene Lau's 80th birthday. His daughter, Maria's photography has been a gift to him over the years.

A NJ born native, Maria Lau detoured from a career in anthropology once a grant she was awarded for field work in Mexico fell through due to restrictive travel advisories at the time. Instead she began studying photography at CUNY, where she was always encouraged to experiment, advice which has resulted in awards, group shows (including the Ni Modo show at the Paul Robeson Galleries in Newark) and various solo shows.

Her latest project, 71, was shown at the NJ State Museum, finally ending in January 2010. The Museum's curator Margaret O'Reilly, claimed in the press materials for the show that, "[w]hile these photographs serve as documents of lives re-discovered, they also succeed on a purely visual level, as well."

The "lives re-rediscovered" were Lau's own family...

 

Continue reading on Examiner.com: Local photographer's work is gift to her family - Newark photography | Examiner.com