Super disturbing imagery I found HERE
Friday, December 25, 2015
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Female War Correspondent Dickey Chapelle
Dickey Chapelle receiving last rites after being hit by shrapnel.
Image by Henri Huet.
Image by Henri Huet.
According to this story, her last words were "I guess it was bound to happen."
More on her HERE.
Also see previous posts on LEE MILLER.
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Thursday, December 3, 2015
People passing by or entering Ørestad High School will get a real surprise: a giant breast with milk progressively flowing out of the nipple is hung in the entrance hall. This immense (the balloon is 9 meters of diameter) and fascinating video-installation, called Venus of Willendorf, is the last creation of the Danish-Argentinean couple Venus of Willendorf, which is at once entertaining and deeply meaningful.
From the website of Hilden Diaz
Virgin of Nuremberg
The torture device commonly known as the Iron Maiden was also called the Virgin of Nuremberg.
But was it really used in the middle ages?
Here's a whole big discussion about it.
And another, more concise one.
It may just be a modern concept, like the chastity belt.
But then there's this crazy Italian horror movie:
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Frankenstein and its Real World Influences
See this fascinating post at the PUBLIC DOMAIN REVIEW
And if this gets you interested in reanimating the dead or nearly dead, check out this tobacco enema kit at Atlas Obscura:
[THIS IS LITERALLY AN ARTICLE ON BLOWING SMOKE UP YOUR ASS]
Is she really dead?