Currency the Ever Watchful Eye

Currency the Ever Watchful Eye is an artists' book that utilizes the flag book style to blend the images together. The book is created using thick white paper as the cover with 1x6 inch strips of printed images of 100 dollar bills as well as prints of a distorted american flag. The images of the american flag were distorted in Photoshop under many different layers of heightened exposure, hue and saturation. The image of 100 dollar bills were edited and placed so the eyes of Ben Franklin are peeking above the other bills on the page. All pieces of paper have been measured and cut to specific size and shape. The prints of the images have been tipped to the cover using book adhesive. I distorted the image of the Flag to represent the corruption of the United States government from the local level to the national level. The bills have been edited to show the watchful eye of the government. I've created this piece in reaction to the current position our nation is in with the recent deaths under the responsibility of local law enforcement officials throughout the nation. As pure as the intention behind our government the greed of money and power has the power to bring it down and through this piece I wanted to push the issue a bit further.