Virgen to the child (2010)

Fascinated by the theme of the vanities, I transformed a photo of a mother and his child, in Virgin to the child. I wished to break this classic representation, by placing a skull on the place of the face of the Virgin, as to set better the life embodied by the child in the death embodied by the face of the Virgin. I took back all the codes with the white veil, the Marian crown, while bringing a stylistic effect with the mirror placed at the bottom by the composition which reflects the original image. But quid of the représentation of the reality ? The reflection of the mirror or what we see in the foreground?