The Stolen Internet Portraits: or 'It's Mine Now'

These paintings and drawings were taken from the virtual public domain, web-sites that included photographs displayed for the purpose of acquiring business. The pages were printed, scanned and then opened in Adobe Photoshop to be manipulated and altered. In addition to issues of privacy and ownership, this procedure also addresses the idea of control and its loss when one places an image or concept into a field in which others may act upon it.

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