A Face Full of Teeth

In edition #73 of Colors Magazine, a series of topics are explored using photography to demonstrate the effects of money across the world and what it really costs different cultures globally. This image used on this spread demonstrates how context and personal experience of the observer provokes a response. We can all relate to the subject matter that features teeth, and when we look again to see that they are replaced with gold, we instantly react. The pride on the subjects face, counteracts the shock that the viewer might feel, as the subject is clearly happy to participate.