Photographer Sarah Sudhoff has, with her latest series of photographs, captured body fluid stains created by the passing of human life.The stained fabrics which she has photographed include bedding, carpet and upholstery. The causes of death and ages of the deceased vary substantially, and include a 60 year old woman who died form a heart… Continue reading At The Hour Of Our Death
Artist David Thiérrée has worked with some true metal heavy weights over the years, including the mighty Primordial, and has featured in exhibitions across the globe. One of my favourite pieces by this multitalented gentleman has to be an illustration based on the film The Dark Crystal. This work, done entirely in pencil, is so… Continue reading David Thiérrée
The artwork of New England based, multidisciplinary artist William Crisafi reminds me of the illustrations I would find in children's books that my Granddad would discover at carboot sales. He was a top rooter and dug right to the bottom of damp cardboard boxes. My Granddad also knew how to haggle, and would come away… Continue reading William Crisafi
I can't think of a better way to end the week thank sinking into the imaginative art series Nethermoor by artist Chris Berens. Inspired by Michael Ende's novel The Neverending Story, Berens series is utterly sublime. There's a dark dreaminess about his work which I find myself addicted to. While I'm on the subject of… Continue reading Chris Berens : Nethermoor
I have established a Facebook page just for my photography. It will be updated on a very regular basis. Please head on over and give it a like. If you have friends who like photography of the darker variety with plenty of northern influences please send them over.
Photographer Aliza Razell often likes to mix mediums to create beautiful, wonderfully surreal photography. With many of her works, I feel as if I have one foot in the real world, the other in a mystical land, where anything is possible.
Throughout my childhood, I watched my Grandmother craft embroidered works of flowered gardens and English cottages for the walls of her home. The only slightly dark work I ever saw her undertake was a pattern of two wolves for me to hang on my bedroom wall. Even then, both wolves looked calm and contemplative, not… Continue reading Interview : Adipocere Embroidery
I have been in mourning since the last episode of American Horror Story Freak Show aired a little while back. However, Freaks Circus, a Japanese duo who craft creepy-as-fuck handmade dolls have managed to lift my spirits somewhat.
Polina Washington is a dream maker based in Saint Petersburg. Her otherworldly photography is my new obsession. Believe me, once you have seen a few of her images, you will have an overwhelmingly strong desire to seek out all of them.
Looking at the works of Polish fashion photographer Marcin Nagraba it's difficult to believe he was born in 1992. Insanely talented Polish fashion designer Agnieszka Ospia is the one behind the exquisite costumes. Enjoy his beautiful captures, I think you will be with them for a while.
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 