Plastic Bodies examines the authenticity of female beauty projected by media and advertisers, who create illusions of the body by way of technology. The work presents an explorative portraiture of women transforming into dolls and evaluates projected images, using the Barbie to create a mysterious visual of metaphors.

American concepts of the "perfect female body" are clearly exemplified through commercialism, portraying "image as everything" and introducing trends that many spend hundreds of dollars to imitate. It is more common than ever that women are enlarging breast with silicone, making short hair longer with synthetic hair weaves, covering natural nails with acrylic fill-ins, or perhaps replacing natural eyes with contacts. Even on magazine covers, graphic artists are airbrushing and manipulating photographs in software programs, making the image of a small waist and clear skin flawless. As a result, the female body becomes a replica of a doll, and the essence of natural beauty in popular American culture is replaced by fantasy.