Death Wooed Us is a deeply emotional, deeply personal photographic series by landscape photographer Donna J Wan. In this series, Wan documents locations where people have chosen to end their lives.
Death Wooed Us
Category: Art
Dog Star
Fennec Fox (Dog Star) by Anne Lemanski.
Skull Shells
Artist Gregory Halili carves intricate skulls into Philippine Mother of Pearl Shells. Shells as decoration can sometimes look a bit tired. They usually end up getting cracked, dusty and forgotten about on the bathroom shelf, which is a real shame. Shells have a natural beauty, but what Haili has done here has worked to greatly… Continue reading Skull Shells
Insanity Photographed
These portraits were taken by Dr. Hugh Welch Diamond, the superintendent of the Female Department at the Surrey County Asylum. For more insight into Diamond's work and these images, check out this article over on Cvlt Nation.
Witchcraft & Black Magic
A helping of magnificently macabre illustrations from Jens Parker. These originally featured in a book entitled Witchcraft and Black Magic by Peter Haining.
Spencer Tunick
I love coming across a piece of art that has me scrabbling to find out more about the artist and their work. One of today's finds was Spencer Tunick. I'm especially infatuated with his Wilderness Installations.
Nucleo
The art work from design studio Nucleo will - Blow. Your. Mind. 'In their last works they explored the the symbiosis of wood and resin, while the new pieces also incorporate references to stone and metal fossils. The series involves the studio’s representative blend of opposites; old and new, light and heavy, lost and strong… Continue reading Nucleo
Elias Aquino
One can never have too many pillows, especially when they are decorated with skeletons, witches and plague doctors. Loving the intricate illustrations of Elias Aquino.
Jessika Cheyenne Guarapuava
Beautiful, mysterious mirages from the exceptionally talented photographer and artist Jessika Cheyenne Guarapuava.
Dracula Redesigned
Dracula (I'm talking about the book here) has received multiple face lifts over the years, but I would have to say that the old book covers are still the most effective. With many modern designs, the story is often lost behind bold coloured, bland graphic design. The old versions seem to retain a certain dark… Continue reading Dracula Redesigned
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 