American artist Craig Alan creates portraits of Marilyn Monroe, John F. Kennedy, The Statue of Liberty and even Audrey Hepburn from Breakfast At Tiffany’s, like you’ve never seen them before. That’s because he uses people as pixels.

Of course, he’s not the only one who uses humans as visual pins to generate a mosaic. It happens in North Korea all the time (see the image of the Mass Games in Pyongyang — a propaganda-filled synchronized performance done by 100,000 people by photographer Sam Gellman). But there is something about Alan’s work that combines the ability to see close up and the big picture that feels more artistic and substantive. 

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Síle Cleary is a regular contributor to Toronto Standard. Follow her on Twitter at @silecleary.