Eden Revisited

Here are two human canvas images based on the same photograph--a female model trying to cover her body in a manner that suggests the shame and humiliation that Eve is supposed to have suffered after giving in to temptation in the Biblical story of the Garden of Eden. The different overlays have been used to create simple allegorical statements. In one image, the overlay is a lush summer garden suggestive of the garden itself, while in the other, a photograph of apples completes the symbolic statement.

Thanks to Michelle-Louise, a model and photographer from the United Kingdom, for sharing the original photograph used for this project. You can click this link to see more photographs from her stock gallery.