Machine's morphing technology forces students to face races Mar 2, 2007
Artist Nancy Burson thought up the concept of The Human Race Machine and pioneered morphing technology in the 1980s that enhances the human face to show aging. This technology is currently used by law enforcement officials to project images of missing children and adults years after their disappearances. (Boston University Daily Free Press, MA)
Race Machine changes face Jan 18, 2007
Artist Nancy Burson, creator of the machine, recognized the startling resemblance between the facial features of different races. Wanting to show the public how similar they are, she took hundreds of photographs of people from the six races and created a digital template into which faces are transformed by the machine. (Daily Collegian, PA)
WP: Gazing into the 'human race machine' Dec 3, 2005
That's exactly what SoHo artist Nancy Burson was going for. "The Human Race Machine," created by Burson in 2000 for London's Millennium Dome, is at the museum through September as part of an exhibit titled "Gender, Race and Class Do Not Equal Character," which features works by local and national artists that explore perceptions of race, gender and class and their effects on social behavior. (MSNBC -- Race)
Visionary exhibit debunks stereotypes Oct 20, 2005
Nancy Burson and David Kramlich's "Human Race Machine," an interactive computerized photo-booth installation, allows visitors to see images of their faces gently morph into each of six different races. Burson invented the technology by which photos of missing children are aged so they can be identified years later. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
The First Art Newspaper on the Net. Apr 24, 2004
Among the photographers included are such names as William Henry Fox Talbot, Gustave Le Gray, Ansel Adams, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, Mary Ellen Mark, Sally Mann, Nancy Burson, and Christian Boltanski. . (Art Daily)
Wine-auction artworks to benefit Kentucky Opera Nov 15, 2003
"Visions From America: Photographs From the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940-2001" features images by 130 artists, including Vito Acconci, Arbus, Matthew Barney, Dawoud Bey, Nancy Burson, Kristin Capp, Sarah Charlesworth, Chuck Close, Roy DeCarava, William Eggleston, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Nan Goldin, Peter Hujar, Louise Lawler, Vera Lutter, Mapplethorpe, Mary Ellen Mark, Susan Meiselas, Shirin Neshat, Catherine Opie, Kristin Oppenheim, Samaras, Sherman, Chris Verene and Carrie... (Louisville Courier Journal, KY)
