What does a Hyena,

Unicorns,

Giants,

Strangers,

Martians,

The Splice girls,

and Crash-Test Dummies

have in common?

EUGENICS!

Because they are all well-bred 😉

Eugenics is a Greek word which roughly translates as “Well bred”. Eu = good, genes = born.

“The first person to use photography for the purpose of publicizing and promoting eugenics was Charles Darwin’s half cousin Francis Galton (1822-1911). The founder of modern eugenics movement, Galton defined eugenics as ‘the science of improving stock, which is by means confined to judicious matings, but which, especially in the case of man, takes cognisance of all influences that tend in however remote degree to give the more suitable races or strains of blood a better chance of prevailing…” (Quoted from www.sciencedirect.com)

I am looking forward to present my latest body of work to you this time next month with gallery .MContemporary in Sydney, Australia.

Watch this space!

In the meantime here is a recent studio selfie just to give you an idea of the scale of my work 😉

Did you know:

“The first photographic portrait of a human was taken in 1893 – it was selfies. A little less than two centuries later, 93 million selfies are taken every day by Android users alone. Researchers recently identified a condition defined by an urge to take selfies and upload them to social media at least 6 times a day. They named it ‘Chronic Selfitis’.”

“Selfies can make us feel present at the expense of being present.” -both quotes by Jonathan Safran Foer.

Wishing you a wonderful day, until next time. x