3D faces created from DNA materials found on the street

self-portrait

"In Stranger Visions artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg creates portrait sculptures from analyses of genetic material collected in public places. Working with the traces strangers unwittingly leave behind, Dewey-Hagborg calls attention to the impulse toward genetic determinism and the potential for a culture of genetic surveillance." [source]



Sample: Cigarette

 1381 Myrtle ave. Brooklyn, NY
MtDNA Haplogroup: H2a2a1 (Eastern European) 
SRY Gene: present
Gender: Male
HERC2 Gene: AA
Eye Color: Brown

 Sample: Gum

Wilson ave. and Stanhope St. Brooklyn, NY
MtDNA Haplogroup: D1 (Native American, South American) 
SRY Gene: present
Gender: Male
HERC2 Gene: AA
Eye Color: Brown

See more examples here.
You better be careful where you put your gum!