Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Baryta Paper 315gsm This work is based on a death mask of an unidentified young woman, "Girl of the Seine," found in the Seine River in Paris in the late 1880s and used as a mannequin for CPR training. Resusci-Anne," which is still used today as a mannequin for cardiopulmonary resuscitation training. This face, which was transformed from a real person to a death mask to a medical mannequin and is still "produced" today, is known as "the most kissed face in history," partly because it is a mannequin used for CPR training. The face, a symbol of anonymity, has been sensitized to gelatin, peeled off, and floated in the water. Drifting on the surface of the water, never staying the same for more than a second, the work captures and fixes a specific moment in time, and refers to the eternity of photography and the place of the original in the continuing reproduction.
