By combining people of disparate ethnicities through innovative technology, she is able to construct morphed images that mimic the integration of different cultures, ideas, and backgrounds throughout the world. One example of this is her piece Mankind (Oriental, Caucasian, and Black, weighed according to the current population statistics). This particular print has many associated meanings, but along with creating a sense of “Otherness,” it shows a combination of different groups and communities. The viewer is able to pick out distinct features they would be able to see in different types of people, yet the photo looks extremely plausible and natural. Overall, this represents how diverse the world is and how human we all are. Though we may come from different places, we share many of the same thoughts, and there is no “absolute difference between self and others” (Robertson, McDaniel
By combining people of disparate ethnicities through innovative technology, she is able to construct morphed images that mimic the integration of different cultures, ideas, and backgrounds throughout the world. One example of this is her piece Mankind (Oriental, Caucasian, and Black, weighed according to the current population statistics). This particular print has many associated meanings, but along with creating a sense of “Otherness,” it shows a combination of different groups and communities. The viewer is able to pick out distinct features they would be able to see in different types of people, yet the photo looks extremely plausible and natural. Overall, this represents how diverse the world is and how human we all are. Though we may come from different places, we share many of the same thoughts, and there is no “absolute difference between self and others” (Robertson, McDaniel