The artist explores how photography fundamentally transformed human perception and redefined the painter's role as visual documentarian. Thomas Eakins, a 19th-century American painter and photographer, embodies this pivotal shift. Inspired by Eakins’ photographs—first seen in exhibitions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Met—the artist sought to recontextualize Eakins' lesser-known photographic works. In 2005, they re-photographed the Met's Eakins collection, connecting personally with his dual role as artist and teacher. This body of work merges Eakins’ analog investigations with contemporary digital scanning, revisiting figure painting through modern technologies to reflect on how we see ourselves and uphold academic traditions.