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Suellen Parker's work was included in the Aperture exhibition and book, reGeneration: 50 Photographers of Tomorrow. The artist combines photography and digital technology equally, as part of an elaborate artistic process that starts with sculpture. Parker first sculpts a figure from a malleable clay that can be repositioned over time. Under studio lights, she photographs the figure; Parker then turns to living-and-breathing models, photographing their physical features. Next is a dance of digital manipulation: with almost painterly precision, she adds backgrounds, clothes, and objects from other photographs she has made of walls, floors, and environments relevant to the concept of the image or the personality of her character, giving her "subjects" not only a "set," but a context: "I bring the character to life by painting skin tones onto gray sculpture, enhancing contours and shading with highlights." Finally, a sequence of images of eyes and lips from the models is morphed on to that of Parker's new, exquisite creation.