Samantha Klonaris
Feed Your Heart

AwardBlue Ribbon

SchoolGilmore Academy

CityGates Mills, Ohio

TeacherCynthia Lowry

InternDouglas Snyder

MediumPhotography

Artist's Statement

This still life photograph represents the effect of a plant-based diet on the human heart. Cardiac events in the human body can be prevented with a plant-based diet and the reduction of the consumption of animal products. The greenery in the photograph, to the left, brings out the health of the first sculpted heart and shows the “good” cholesterol, while the sculpted heart to the right, surrounded with less green, is showing signs of “bad” cholesterol.