Images of consumerism are subsumed by images of nature - just as our physical bodies will one day become a part of nature. However, the many of the products we manufacture today will continue to exist long after our bodies are gone. Some human made plastics and polymers will never break down to their component chemicals, and will remain a part of our world even centuries in the future. I remixed a high fashion advertisement. The photographer used a model against the backdrop of a beach to display an assortment of accessories. I removed the models body and covered it over with a beach landscape, leaving only the synthetic products and seashells behind.
Original Image: TUMI advertisement, Vanity Fair, September 2007
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