Nipple Eyes
2006
C-Print
30"x40" each
Playing upon my interest in symbols and the necessary markers to communicate their meanings, this image extrapolates the formal similarities between the concentric circles of the iris and pupil with that of the areola and nipple. To emphasize this eye connection, I shaved the surrounding hair into the iconic almond shape of a human eye. This formal resemblance combined with our natural instinct to see faces and symbols in the world results in the absurd impulse to stare into the nipples as one might eyes, and even assign them emotions.
charley friedman, copyright