With hundreds of tiny photographic fragments, gelatin capsules, magnifiers, plastic bags, and insect pins, New York artist Michael Mapes (previously) creates collages that are equal parts portraiture and scientific specimen. For his latest works, Mapes used photographs of paintings by Dutch masters Rembrandt, Nicolaes Eliasz Pickenoy, and others as inspiration for large-scale specimen boxes. The deconstructed photos along with myriad other materials have effectively been transformed into a collage of a painting of a person. More
