space masks...

I've been experimenting with portraits of my parents. Masking found images of stars and cosmic wonders into their hair areas. I really like the combination of imagery and the rawness of the portraits. Not very flattering for the models. but very honest and very real!

original portraits:



...found this image on a blog, wild effects with the green ooze combined with glittering stars.


having taken photos at different times, i wanted them to look similar as i think they'd work better next to one another...


masking in stars:



decided to add some geometric shapes to illustrate the relationship b/t my parents. They both wear glasses permanantly but both decided to remove them when asked if i could photograph them. works well.