Mark Laita has designed a brilliant photography book entitled Created Equal. Laita spent 8 years traveling around America, capturing a variety of people who struck his interest. This magnificent book takes a look at the different groups and types of people he met on his journey. Laita photographed his subjects in black and white with a simple, dark backdrop, in their defining attire for all to see. He captures every joy and disappointment, inadequacy and perfection. Alterations would only take away from the underlying message. Laita then juxtaposes two photographs next to each other and labels the photographs by the persons description and the year taken.

Laita's book urges us to take a deeper look at people. We are forced to think beyond our initial assumptions and truly contemplate the world and what makes people who they are today: their upbringing, their surroundings, their wants, their needs, their struggles, their achievements, their circumstances, etc.