Recreation 2

Nancy Burson - 

First and Second Beauty Composites (First Composite: Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelley, Sophia Loren, and Marilyn Monroe. Second Composite: Jane Fonda, Jacqueline Bisset, Diane Keaton, Brooke Shields, and Meryl Streep), 1982
Gelatin silver computer-generated print

My Recreation

Nancy Burson was in many ways considered the pioneer of image morphing. In the above, she took the photos of the said actresses, and scanned them. Then she would morph their facial features into one face, and take a picture of it. For my recreation, I took several pictures of myself, and then, thanks to Photoshop, used certain features to recreate my face. I found her work interesting because she did all of this, long before Photoshop was even invented. In a way she layed down the pavement for photoshop, I guess. Nancy Burson was recognized for her part in founding Computer Morphing Technology, which the FBI later adopted for finding missing children.