Four of my five images for the image within image project are related. I went to HEB with the intention of relating them to my fifth image--which is of my 7 year old sister, gazing at a photo of our grandparents sweetly--by taking pictures of kids. But the only place in HEB I could find kids was in the video game area, where they were all playing Call of Duty. Which is really violent. So I started noticing how HEB is sort of a giant vat of creepy consumerism. That's what these pictures ended up being about. The first image I love because it's like, food and video games are both merely products. Sustenance has no greater or lesser weight than does a car video game. The second image is great because the kid has a Santa hat--bringing Christmas and all that consumerism into a juxtaposition with the violent video game he's playing as he sets his sights on someone to get the head shot.
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