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A colorful and humorous look at the changing legal landscape of the United States over the past century. --Buzzfeed Locher's work makes a blithe and cheery first impression but takes a subversive turn upon closer inspection. --Vogue Olivia Locher is a young photographer who has garnered a huge following for her work on social media, and her photos have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, W, Glamour, to name a few. With this project, she has demonstrated a talent for blurring the murky lines between the personal and the political, in a visually stunning combination. Her point is that there is no point to many of these laws, and that the legal system and our established social conventions should always be up for debate. The law professes to be definite, hard and unwavering, even when it is wrong. Locher's photos are the exact opposite of that, drawing attention to the contrived nature of the legal system through art. --Bust Supremely fun and surreal. --Fast Company Takes civil disobedience to a minute level with bright colors and a clear sense of humor, while also demonstrating the sometimes perplexing reach of government. --Daily Beast Locher illustrates puzzling, outdated and in some cases merely legendary laws from across America, a clever and often humorous look at legal history and 'the letter of the law.' ... With its blend of fact and fiction, Locher's concept feels of-the-moment, and her aesthetics do too. --Los Angeles Times

Locher illustrates puzzling, outdated and in some cases merely legendary laws from across America, a clever and often humorous look at legal history and 'the letter of the law.' ... With its blend of fact and fiction, Locher's concept feels of-the-moment, and her aesthetics do too. --Los Angeles Times

Did you know that in Alabama, it's illegal to carry an ice-cream cone in your back pocket? Or that in Hawaii, you can be arrested for putting a coin in your ear? And that in Kentucky, it's illegal to lick a toad? Olivia Locher explores where these strange laws come from in her tongue-in-cheek book I Fought The Law. It's illustrated with gorgeous photos - breaking the law has never looked so good. Daily Mail

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Olivia Locher is a photographer based in Manhattan. She is known for her sarcastic approach to studio photography with a heavy focus on color and concept. She has exhibited her work throughout the United States and internationally in Italy and the United Kingdom. Her photos have appeared in Neon, Glamour, Vanity Fair Italia, the New York Times Magazine, W Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, and more. She was a 2013 nominee for PDN's 30 Under 30.

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