She explored familiar themes of isolation and distance, and is likely to bring more attention to Lux's highly original combination of painting, photography and digital manipulation.
In 2005, Lux described her work to American Photo thusly: "These are not portraits in a classic sense because they don't represent the actual child's psychological or personal situation. … It doesn't matter what I intend [with the photographs]. People are allowed to think what they please. What matters is whether or not the pictures work.