Genetic Blend by Ulric Collette
…Genetic resemblances and differences, creating interesting new people…
How much do you and your family members really look alike?
Quebec-based graphic designer and photographer Ulric Collette has created a project where he’s exploring the genetic similarities between different members of the same family. By splitting their faces in half and then blending them together in a single face, he highlights the mysteries of genetic resemblances and differences, creating interesting new people that are sometimes quite normal looking and other times far from it.
Like our inexplicable fascination with mug shots, Collette’s photographs demonstrate the deep pleasure we take in looking at human faces and their variations. If faces might somehow reveal something about the character of a person, perhaps his hybrid family portraits suggest that they also give an insight to the nature of our families.
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Ulric Collette is a self taught photographer who studied art and graphic design and now works as an art director for Collette, an advertising studio in Quebec City. The work of Ulric has been presented in several publications and media from all around the world–including Prism, Global Investor, Esquire, Lumière et Lens, Snap, Fubiz, My Modern Met, Plateform, Adobe, Explora, New York Daily News, Discovery Channel and many more. Most recently, his work on the genetic series was shortlisted in the world’s most prestigious advertising awards show, The Cannes Lion. To view more of his work, you can visit his website here.