Brain Candy is the result of conversations and collaborations with my daughters, Luca, age 12 and Isabel, age 16. As American adolescents, they consume millions of still and moving images each year in advertising, marketing and entertainment. While digesting hours of media, they are simultaneously responsible for producing and publishing thousands of images narrating their daily lives through social media. Understanding the dynamics of images as cultural candy for the brain as well as deconstructing the mechanics of image making, and how it informs identity and perception of self, has become a critical conversation in navigating the intensely photographic saturation of our lives.