One of my favorite things about babies and children of family and friends is looking at them and seeing how their parents come through.  Whether in their physical attributes or personalities, it always amazes me to see glimpses of parents or grandparents in a new unique little personality.  In her Heritage series, French artist Marie Hudelot  explores the cultural heritage between an East and West family legacy, specifically France and Algeria.

Just as we are each conglomerations of generations of hereditary history, in Hudelot’s conceptual portraits we see symbolic aggregations to create emblematic figures.  Faces covered, the figures could be anonymous representations of previous generations.  How much of who we become is influenced by those who came before?  Whether genetic or cultural, we are all in some way the product of past generations.

To see more of the work of Marie Hudelot, please visit her website.

All images via the artist’s website.  Artist found via Trendland.