Baptist Minster/Ku Klux Klan

Photographer Mark Laita completed an 8-year-long photo project that explores social inequality in America.
Called ‘Created Equal’, Laita traveled the country, capturing people from all walks of life who share a certain connection—but yet, they are different.
“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,” wrote Laita in his artist statement.
“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 molded and weathered us into whom have become.”
Check out his photos below:
Polygamists/Pimp

Motorcycle Gang/Alter Boys

Ballerina/Boxer

Mariachis/Elvis Impersonators

Homeless Man/Real Estate Developer

Southerner/Hassidic Jew

Marine/War Veteran

Gang Member/Mafioso

French Chef/Short Order Cook

Astronaut/Alien Abductee

Bank Robber/Deputies

Baptist Churchgoer/White Supremacist

Company President/Janitor

County Fiar Livestock Show Contestant/Cajun Man

Bullrider/Rock Musician

Amish Teenagers

Fur Trapper/Woman with Dog

[via Mark Laita]

Photographer Mark Laita completed an 8-year-long photo project that explores social inequality in America.
Called ‘Created Equal’, Laita traveled the country, capturing people from all walks of life who share a certain connection—but yet, they are different.
“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,” wrote Laita in his artist statement.
“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 molded and weathered us into whom have become.”
Check out his photos below:
Polygamists/Pimp

Motorcycle Gang/Alter Boys

Ballerina/Boxer

Mariachis/Elvis Impersonators

Homeless Man/Real Estate Developer

Southerner/Hassidic Jew

Marine/War Veteran

Gang Member/Mafioso

French Chef/Short Order Cook

Astronaut/Alien Abductee

Bank Robber/Deputies

Baptist Churchgoer/White Supremacist

Company President/Janitor

County Fiar Livestock Show Contestant/Cajun Man

Bullrider/Rock Musician

Amish Teenagers

Fur Trapper/Woman with Dog

[via Mark Laita]