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Sasha Yungju Lee
Eye-Con: Pa, 1997

 

Digitally enhanced images are everywhere in the world around us, particularly in the mass media. In this image, Korean-Canadian artist Sasha Yungju Lee digitally substituted her own eyes for those of Hollywood star Pamela Anderson. The image is part of a series in which Lee uses digital technology and billboard proportions to comment on the lack of Asian representation in Hollywood.