Disturbing Portraits of extreme Plastic Surgery Patients
The coffee table tome features semi-nude and nude works of men and women who have cosmetically enhanced their faces and bodies.
The subjects in the book have undergone a combination of procedures, including lip augmentation, rhinoplasty (nose reshaping), breast augmentation or pec implants, blepharoplasty (eyelid lift or modification) and body resculpting.
Shot in the traditional chiaroscuro style, the contrasting light and dark tones only serve to further enhance the modifications the models - dubbed The Botox Botticellis - have undergone in the pursuit of physical perfection, or in an attempt to turn back time.
Some may find the portraits haunting, despite Toledano's attempt to recreate the sense of a classical portrait. For his part, Toledano says there's something 'transcendant' in their classical poses, and their 'determined' faces, though he too stops short of deeming them beautiful.
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The subjects in the book have undergone a combination of procedures, including lip augmentation, rhinoplasty (nose reshaping), breast augmentation or pec implants, blepharoplasty (eyelid lift or modification) and body resculpting.
Shot in the traditional chiaroscuro style, the contrasting light and dark tones only serve to further enhance the modifications the models - dubbed The Botox Botticellis - have undergone in the pursuit of physical perfection, or in an attempt to turn back time.
Some may find the portraits haunting, despite Toledano's attempt to recreate the sense of a classical portrait. For his part, Toledano says there's something 'transcendant' in their classical poses, and their 'determined' faces, though he too stops short of deeming them beautiful.
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