Stranger Visions: Creating realistic 3-D portraits [Women to Watch]

Heather Dewey-Hagborg was sitting in a therapy session staring at a picture on the wall when she noticed a crack in the glass, and in the crack, a single hair. As an artist and a scientist, her work often begins with questions, ponderings that may be scientific, philosophical, or political. She is fascinated-often obsessed-with the contemporary world around her, with wanting to bring to light that which we cannot see.