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The daughter and granddaughter of typewriter salesmen, repairmen, and collectors in St. Louis, Missouri, Louise Anne “LA” Marler has documented and transitioned her family’s nearly 100-year dedication to the typewriter industry into a passionate art form. It is an art form that is sought after by writers and art collectors and has been a primary force in the resurgence of interest in typewriters.

With studios in Santa Monica, CA (WLA), New York, NY, and now in St. Louis, Marler has creatively blended her photographic and artistic talents into her very own brand of “TypOwriters” pop-art, an artistic statement that has been called “iconic modern photographic vocabulary.” This unique approach has led to art exhibits and community Type-Ins, which celebrate and integrate various aspects of the typewriter such as history, education, use, art, repair, and entertainment.