The photograph came to me in the shower-- and is largely based on a drawing I did in high school for the cover of a self published book of poetry titled self dissection. The drawing was of a woman in a scientist lab coat looking over her torso, examining the insides with a scalpel.
This photograph was a far more conceptual take on that image. I do not have hundreds of poems to accompany this picture, but I still stuck with words... aspects of my life that require me to stop and dissect-- but also aspects that make up... me.
The lines were drawn to imply both surgical cuts and divisions of animal meat... to imply both views of humans as animals and women as meat... to quote Aldous Huxley in Brave New World "And what makes it worse, she thinks of herself as meat."
In the My body, Myself photo essay.
27 responses
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Jose VC said (17 Aug 2008):
great work !!
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Carlos Aviles gave props (17 Aug 2008):
Great
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Don Harney gave props (17 Aug 2008):
Great concept executed perfectly.
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FALCON LARA OSCAR said (17 Aug 2008):
That is just amazing... Well done.
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Angel Foice gave props (17 Aug 2008):
great concept and wonderfully executed! this is amazing!
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Twins Sis gave props (17 Aug 2008):
wow... well done!
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Richard Crichton gave props (17 Aug 2008):
Wonderful image/imagination. I remember those beef charts describing (a long time ago) the "select cuts". It's a wonderful concept.
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Cliff Nickerson said (22 Aug 2008):
This picture haunted me so much that I had to find it again. I suppose that's a sign of a job well done.
The first picture that I've "favorited".
The dehumanizing effect of cutting the head off of a nude model reflects a lot of amateur nude photography; In this case it seems to emphasize the idea of butchering people in a psychological and social sense. -
Gary Rittermeyer said (30 Aug 2008):
creative concept
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Patrick Westerfield gave props (30 Aug 2008):
Very provocative. Great concept. I like it.
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Dallas Hyatt gave props (11 Sep 2008):
Brilliant portrait. Very intriguing.
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Julie Salles said (13 Sep 2008):
Just brilliant. Says a lot!!!!
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Joerg Schlagheck gave props (13 Sep 2008):
Nothing wrong with your body at all! Great photo and essay!
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herman vandecauter gave props (17 Oct 2008):
nude fun!
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Luke Valles said (18 Oct 2008):
I think it would have been interesting to keep the lab coat idea, and the fork is genius. Well done.
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Jordan Whyte gave props (20 Oct 2008):
I really enjoy the composition here. Very provocative!
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Stephan Ortmanns gave props (13 Dec 2008):
very good work, creative and impressive
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Cristobal Cortes Solari gave props (13 Dec 2008):
I felt in love of this one...very good...yeahh
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Dean Michael Dorman said (7 Jan 2009):
cool idea. Hope you didn't use a Sharpie ;)
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Michael Risenhoover gave props (5 Jun 2009):
Awesome!
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PINAKI SARKAR gave props (6 Jun 2009):
beautiful concept. reflects the emotions and anxities
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Marc Deadrick gave props (19 Jun 2009):
On point!
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Patricio Fontes said (9 Jul 2009):
wonderful and creative concept
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Giles gave props (3 Sep 2009):
nice
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Dan Anzalone said (13 Sep 2009):
fantastic photo. extremely creative essay. you do amazing work
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Jim Nasium said (20 Dec 2009):
"Happily, Lilea stopped just short of going to pieces"
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dennis nejtek said (23 Dec 2009):
what an idea! i think we all cut away at ourselves from time to time.
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