Body Modification


Body modification is the deliberate altering of the human anatomy. In every group of humans in known and recorded history, there have been members who modified their bodies. To modify one’s body is to take part in a culture and tradition that spans class, race, and human history like nothing else. When you think of body modification you automatically think of the common types of modification such as piercings and tattoos but within this project I have delved deeper and found some truly bizarre, unusual and beautiful forms of this expressionist form of art...