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via silent-musings on tumblrTags: art nudes, bizarre, black and white, monsteresque, retro, sepia, surreal
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Iron Maiden by Anja Millen
Morning Message by Katerina Belkina
Sinwood Saints by Katja Faith
Sans Fin III by Isabelle Royet-Journoud
Photo: Mark Sink and Kristen Hatgi
Model: Lauren WK
by S.JinTags: "ethereal woodland maiden" look, anatomical-themed, animal skulls, anja millen, art nudes, black and white, ghosts, hair, hauntingly beautiful, illustrations, katja faith, photorealism, self-portraits, skeleton, tintypes
Vintage Dream Photography by Ellen Rogers
Ellen Rogers‘ gorgeous, experimental film photography, reminiscent of 19th-century hand-colored pictures, always makes me feel like I’ve entered an ethereal dreamland that combines the past and the present seamlessly, where beautiful princesses come out of the shadows and mists and lure you. Rogers does everything with analog cameras, film, and darkroom techniques only, with the resulting images being sometimes blurred, overlaid, and having other interesting and charmingly individual effects. Sometimes black-and-white, sometimes with the unreal, super-saturated color of vintage photos, her work is delightful and dreamy and piquant.
Tags: art nudes, black and white, colorful, ellen rogers, flowers in hair, headdresses, high fashion, otherworldly photography, twins/doppelgangers/doubles, vintage
Anatomy of Heaven: Dino Valls
Dino Valls is a Spanish painter of exquisite, piercing surreal works which explore the human body as representative of the psyche, medical analogies, religious imagery, and sexuality. Beautiful and photorealistic, his paintings have a sense of classicism and an incredible technical virtuosity that will blow you away.
The figures often have a beautiful, heavenly cast to their faces, reminiscent of classics by old masters and medieval religious paintings. In these beautiful and disturbing works, the body is portrayed as fragmented, segmented, doubled, vivisected, deformed, and androgynous – both oddity and sacrosanct vessel. Body parts are displaced and represent the damaged state of the whole person. Scores of needles adorn the figures.
These images illustrate powerful statements about the way that the modern body is invaded, pried into, operated upon, examined, measured, and manipulated, making a commentary on the impersonal, objectifying treatment of modern medicine. There is often a disembodied hand taking hold of the subject in a possessive way, evoking the cold, clinical, authoritative touch of doctors, with sexual and sinister overtones. The surgery they perform on the people is symbolic and laden with dark meanings.
I love the genius way in which Valls uses anatomical symbolism and naked, human vulnerability to create such powerful, resonant images, and the way that he both perverts and glorifies the human form and human spirit.
Lots and lots of pictures below.
Tags: anatomical-themed, art nudes, classicism, medical-themed, religious imagery, twins/doppelgangers/doubles, vivisected
“Lacrimosa” by Kevin Llewellyn
This is a painting I love from Kevin Llewellyn‘s exhibition at Kat Von D’s recently launched Wonderland Gallery:
The Mystical Levitating Photography of Sergey Loie
Sergey Loie on Flickr
Tags: abandoned buildings, art nudes, otherworldly photography
Cold After Midnight
Just a few images I like from Cold After Midnight, photographer Darren McDonald’s Website diary of personal projects.
Tags: art nudes, black and white
The Lunatics Are Taking Over the Asylum
I just like this image.
Photograph by Gregory Brown
Tags: art nudes, black and white, dilapidated structures, insane asylum aesthetic, medical-themed, wheelchair
Mechanical Angel
These are a couple of shots I like from Kate O’Brien.
Tags: art nudes, biomechanical, steampunk
Heaven by Felice Fawn
Two incredible images, titled Heaven and Purgatory, respectively, from Felice Fawn:
Tags: amazing makeup, art nudes, felice fawn, medical-themed, otherworldly photography, religious imagery, virgin mary, white hair
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