It is really curious and fun this young photographer Olivia Locher‘s “I fought the law” photographic project. The artist went to search for the most strange and absurd laws in force in American states, and in an irreverent and sarcastic way, she has represented them in her photos.
The idea of the project was born when a friend told her about how it was illegal to have a ice cream come in the back pocket. Curious, she examined in depth the subject and found a series of very funny laws to “break”. Several of them are still on the statue books, others have never become laws although they came close to and some were removed.
Even if it looks weird, in Utah it’s illegal to go around with a violin inside a bag, in Nevada it’s illegal to stick an American flag to a soap, or in Minnesota where it’s illegal to cross the road with a bird on the head.
In Ohio it’s illegal to disrobe in front of a portrait of a man.
In Minnesota it’s illegal to cross the rood with a bird on head.
In Kentucky it’s illegal to paint garden grass in red.
In Pennsylvania it’s illegal to attack a dollar at a rope and pull when someone tries to pick it up
In Texas it’s illegal for children to have unusual haircuts.
In Utah it’s illegal to go around with a violin in a brown bag
In Wisconsin it’s illegal to serve apple pie without cheese.
In Nevada it’s illegal to stick an American flag to a soap bar
“The most interesting and hair pulling experience of this project was finding the origins and truth behind these laws.“ Olivia Locher on Plastikmagazine
In California it’s illegal to bike inside a swimming pool.
In kansas it’s illegal to serve wine in tea cups.
In Delaware it’s illegal to serve parfum as liquour.
In Kentucky it’s illegal to lick a toad.
In Louisiana it’s illegal gargling in public.
In Connecticut it’s illegal to consider as cucumbers those who do not bounce.
In September 2017, Chronicle Books will release the first book by Olivia Locher and it will be dedicated to the project “I fought the law”.
Young Photographer Olivia Locher