The Lion that Seeks to Devour

Digital on photo paper | 24” x 54”

Taking pictures of 3 people in history; fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie and Ethiopian English professor, Asfaw Malaku.

I “shredded” each person, rearranging their “digital DNA”, and created a distinct new pattern for each person. I then took that pattern and created a symbol that represented each person’s life.

Mussolini is depicted as the “Devil who prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” I Peter 5:8 Haile Selassie is depicted by a Coptic cross, as he was widely known in his country to be a Christian, and a direct descendant of King Solomon.

Asfaw Malaku is depicted as an apple, long associated as a symbol for teachers. In this case there is a bite out of the appl ...