This latest piece remains untitled. The papers used are a mix of vintage and contemporary papers. My intent here was to show the rich in color and the poor in black and white to depict that the poor remain invisible and the more affluent retain a lot of attention in all aspects of life.

Stampadusa

This was a quick piece I put together after scanning a beautiful image from a book called Hood's Own: Or, Laughter From Year to Year. Being a Further Collection of His Wit and Humour, printed in 1862. I was lucky enough to come across the book while perusing the stacks at the local university library. Go out and search your university library for an original copy of this. It is full of beautiful and often hilarious illustrations.
Here's the original scan

The stamps were from a collection I've had since I was a child. The collage was created for an article I wrote.

And the original book cover of Hood's Own

Optokinetic

One evening I decided to look through some old medical books I had - mostly from the late 40's to early 50's. I was looking for some very morbid photos to depict the suffering of humans. As you can see I ended up layering some of the photos and also altered some of the eyes to create a disturbing set of images. The man in the lower right hand corner was infected with syphilis.