Breaking Away - Organic Cities

Created as a series called "Organic Cities" for my fine arts senior thesis exhibit:

Inspired by images of microscopic, cellular, and city-like organisms and in response to my own experience with illness and metal allergies, these pieces as a way to transform the idea of rashes and growths to something more elegant and beautiful. Roland Barthes theory on "punctum" (or the startling personal connection a viewer may experience when viewing imagery) is relevant to my creation of these repetitive and multiplying images that speak to my private experience and the nature of where I grew up to now (from rural to urban areas) while holding possibilities of interpretation for other viewers.