Inspiration

Bruno Metra and Laurence Jeanson

Two photographers Bruno Metra and Laurence Jeanson created a series of portraits of people who appeared to have plastic surgery by taping on various cut out of magazines. 

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/artists-perform-plastic-surgery-fashion-1837885

I found this series in particular very interesting due the concept they were trying to portray. The fact that society is constantly seeking for perfection through surgery, make-up, style etc. Being strongly influenced from the media and surrounded by 'perfect' celebrities. In a way it is almost like they are taking the piss out of the fact that many images are photoshoped and a lot of people these days change certain characteristics due to insecurities and the mind set they have in what they think is perfection.

Manipulating the body

All over the world us humans are known to physically manipulating the body to what we wish for. In our day in age plastic surgery is a massive craze where people are addicted to surgically changing their body into what they think is perfect. for example, enlarging the breasts, lipo suction, face lift, nose job...the list is endless.

After researching into various tribes (click here read my post on the african Nuba tribe) I have found that when first seeing their scars and what they have to go through to achieve this, is just completely bizarre! However, it is exactly the same concept of plastic surgery, many people in our culture go through so much pain to achieve their desired look. We are just so use to plastic surgery in our era.
Below is an article I found upon plastic surgery statistics and the fact that the number of people doing so is increasing!

http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/jan/30/plastic-surgery-statistics-uk