Hahnemühle Agave is more than paper—it carries history. Made from resilient agave fibers, it offers a matte, organic surface where images feel absorbed into the material. At LUX Photo Lab, Agave brings warmth, depth, and subtle emotion to every print, grounding photographs in texture, tradition, and sustainability.

Printing on Hahnemühle Agave invites a quiet, grounded attention. Its matte, natural‑fiber surface softens detail, warms color, and deepens blacks with gentle subtlety. At LUX Photo Lab, Agave transforms images into calm, tactile prints where mood, texture, and atmosphere take precedence over gloss or intensity.

Kelly Sommer reveals the extraordinary in everyday moments. From Chicago’s shifting light to fleeting human gestures, her work embraces softness, honesty, and quiet emotion. She photographs with conscience and curiosity, turning ordinary scenes into poetic reflections. At LUX Photo Lab, her prints become tangible stories—small truths held in light, shadow, and memory.

Kelly Sommer’s photographs whisper rather than shout, revealing the city as a living, human ecosystem. She balances structure with empathy, capturing geometry, reflections, and fleeting gestures with quiet sensitivity. At LUX Photo Lab, her work becomes a study in rhythm, stillness, and dignity, roof that beauty often lives in the subtle moments between footsteps and light.

Jorge Sotomayor didn’t plan to become a photographer; he was studying engineering when a neighbor’s video studio changed his path. What began as curiosity became a calling. Today, he moves fluidly between video and photography, capturing presence over perfection. With quiet humility and constant growth, his work reflects a life shaped not by certainty, but by saying yes to the unexpected. “Photography came to me by accident… and ended up capturing me completely.”

Jorge Sotomayor’s images pulse with real life, fleeting, unscripted, and sincere. Guided by instinct and empathy, he captures emotion in motion, presence over spectacle. His work blends the patience of photography with the rhythm of film, revealing stories mid-sentence. Whether documenting weddings or moonlight, each frame invites us to slow down and feel the moment before it fades.