D1-Open Series-Teresa-For Sale By Owner

I know so many families who are adopting, which of course I think is wonderful. So for my open series I wanted to take it into a different direction and go a little darker, also I wanted to try something different.

This picture represents pregnant women on a conveyer belt, being mass produced to sell their unwanted babies. The tunnel represents the birth canal and therefore that is why I gave it a fleshy tone. I didn't put heads on these bodies, because these women hide their identities.

This picture represents how you can easily go and select a child of your choosing. I purposely made this hard to see so it would appear like you are looking through a vail. It's hard to look at, but you can't help but continue to look.

This is my take on the blackmarket. These babies are being sold for profit, hence the woman with her back turned and walking away with money. The men are going through selecting the best ones to sell. The woman also represents how we walk away from these dark topics and just turn our backs to things that make us uncomfortable and frankly can't stop.

I used chicken eggs to represent the mass production of babies. I included some fertile, rotten and eggs at the beginning stages of fertilization. I gave these eggs a glowing feel because with all of the hormones injected into women and their eggs, seems toxic.

Ok so I know this one isn't great, but I wanted to give this a static feel and show how babies can be bought like everyday commodities. In the black lettering these are all name brand items, which in turn represents the type of person who can "purchase" a baby.