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28 August 2019 by DC8 Studio
graphic designer and photographer ulric collette captures the power of DNA in a series of digitally manipulated photos. ‘genetic portraits‘ documents the similarities between various family relationships including parent and child, grandparent and grandchild, cousins, siblings, and even the striking resemblances between twins.
mother/son: ginette, 61 and mathieu, 30, 2013, images courtesy of ulric colette
‘I started with that project in 2008, as part of a 365-day-project of self portraits,’ colette explains in an interview with justsomething. ‘the first picture was this one with my seven-year-old son. in the beginning I wanted to create an ‘adult child’ face, but in the course of the editing I had the idea to compare our two faces. I have then done the same with other members of my family, and when it became obvious that there’s often an impressive similarity between two people sharing the same genes, I did it with friends, then strangers.‘
daughter/mother: marie-andrée, 55 and claudette, 81, 2013
each image is made up of two photographs that have been digitally stitched together using photoshop. the resulting work is an exploration into DNA and its role in the physical appearance of a person and/or persons across various demographics. colette is currently looking for subjects in the quebec city region, specifying between the ages of 15 and 75, and either father/son, mother/daughter or brother/sister relationships.
sisters: élodie, 24 and audrey, 30, 2014
father/son: nathan, 7 and ulric, 29, 2009
cousin: justine, 29 and ulric, 29, 2009
daughter/father: amélie, 33 & daniel, 60, 2011
daughter/father: ismaëlle, 10 & ulric, 32, 2011
twins: alex & sandrine, 20, 2011
mother/daugther: marie-pier, 18 & n’sira, 49, 2011
daughter/,mother: marie-andrée, 55 & claudette, 81, 2013
brother/sister: jean-philippe, 29 & véronique, 27, 2013
father/daugther: hâm, 64 & sophea, 37, 2017
son/mother: kristof, 19 & madined, 41, 2017
project info
photographer: ulric colette
title: genetic portraits