Human After All: Jan Kriwol & Markos Kay Circulatory Art

Mystical goddess with jungle animals surrounded by ancient Greek columns at night in a vibrant, surreal art style.

A collaboration between photographer Jan Kriwol and digital artist Markos Kay that depicts people in the context of everyday life through their circulatory systems.

The project highlights the fragility and vitality of the human body juxtaposed against the backdrop of urban architecture. Shot in Warsaw, Grenoble, Tel Aviv, Masada hill in Israel, Berlin, Brussels and Cape Town, the series combines real environments with 3D renderings of virtual blood vessels that were generated using particle simulations.

By stripping down the human body to the essence of life, the series aims to challenge notions of boundaries between our bodies and our environment as well as social barriers such as racial and sexual differences. The artists were inspired by Anthony Gormley sculptures and classical anatomical illustrations that combine life-drawing poses with anatomy such as the illustrated works of Andreas Vesalius, Giulio Casserio and Henry Gray.