The image and video below constitute the culmination of my Senior Thesis work at Elon University.

The image and video represent man-kind's eternal fixation with the beauty found in symmetry. We see it in nearly every great architectural feat in human history and we even consider those people with symmetrical features to be more beautiful than their asymmetrical counterparts. For over 2000 years even scientists and mathematicians have explored the concept through the Golden Ratio. Through these pieces I sought to explore the power that symmetry has held over our species for thousands of years and our subconscious obsession and even worship of the beauty that lies in symmetry.

 

Image composed in Adobe Photoshop using imagery from popular fashion publications and photographs of a number of European Gothic cathedrals taken during a study abroad program.

Video composed in Adobe After Effects using the above image.