PIECES OF THE PUZZLE

Photographer Fuses Young & Old, Couples, Families On Film

THERE'S SOMETHING BOTH FAMILIAR AND DISTURBING ABOUT BOBBY NEEL ADAMS' PICTURES WHICH PHYSICALLY MARRY HUSBANDS AND WIVES, parents and children, and older subjects with depictions of their younger selves.

Using a technique he coined "photo-surgery," Adams integrates separate images of husband and wife into one, united front.

He documents the regeneration of genes in merged snaps of mothers and daughters. fathers and sons.

Most disconcertingly of all, he fuses snapshots of a subject's past and present self into one jagged, time-lapsed pictorial.

The photos are an unsettling reminder that there is no escaping your genes or aging. You should check them out.