The picture I chose to remix originally depicted a man scavenging through the rubble of an old factory in China. What angered me about this particular picture was that the smoke stacks were polluting what should have been a beautiful blue sky in the background and the fact that the snow covered rubble seemed to have been there for ages. I wanted to change the picture by recreating the rubble covered land into a green recreational area where animals and people could spend their days. I also tried to use landscaping of taller trees to mask the smoke stacks in the distance. The man originally in the picture was also changed from scavenging through the rubble with a metal detector to playing in the happier surrounding with his dog.
Meghan
Picture found in:
Smithsonian Magazine
May 2006
Page 47
