Technology is a wonderful thing and as it continuously advances we as artists are able to create things that have never been imagine before. Photoshop lets us alter, change, and enhance photographs. Such programs allow us to create images that before would have been impossible to make and I think that is fascinating. It all had to start from somewhere though and be built upon through the years in order for new media to become what it is today. After reading Technologies as Tools I was interested in the work of Nancy Burson.
Nancy Burson is known for her work with computer generated composite pictures. Burson would merge pictures of people together to create a whole new face and image. I believe her work had a powerful message, she addressed the question of what beauty is however to this day that definition is constantly changing with the medias influence and there is no concrete answer. I feel that through her work she was trying to portray the positive message that beauty comes in all different forms and sizes and that everyone is beautiful in there own way.
I think it is awesome that her art led to technological advances that help law enforcement agencies create pictures of what suspects and missing persons would look like if they changed features through body alteration or due to age. Not only was Nancy Burson’s work interesting but it was also able to help a lot of people.
Nancy Burson’s art focused on facial structures which is fascinating. A face can show so many different emotions, is unique, and has a history to tell that using it as a form of art is really cool, different, but universally intriguing. I imagine that when her work is shown people try to figure out who the people in the blended image are, what their stories are, and why Burson decided to combine both faces together. New media is art, art that before technology was not possible.