Black-and-white photo of a young woman in a sleeveless dress, seen standing solemnly in an ornate mirror against a dark background.
Magdalena Wywrot • Pestka, Chicago, USA, ‘14
Black-and-white street photo of a woman in a dark dress and wide-brim hat standing against a textured wall, with a sharp diagonal shadow cutting across the building beside a dark doorway and window.
Nicla Cannito
Black-and-white photo of a person standing in front of a bright window, wearing a plain white shirt and dark skirt, with a dark horned mask (Japanese?) obscuring their face.
Martin Koch
Anna Malina • ‘Ölmondnacht’, ‘22
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#GlitchArt #Datamoshing
lack-and-white portrait of a person with a short dark bob, head tilted downward, softly lit against a plain indoor background.
Unknown
Black-and-white photo of a woman seen from behind, standing in a doorway with handwritten text across her bare back and arms reading, “If I only could, I’d be running up that hill.”
John Carder Bush • Kate Bush, ‘Running up that hill’, ‘85
A solitary woman in a long dark dress stands with her back to the viewer on a rocky hillside, looking out over a hazy, barren mountain landscape in a soft black-and-white photograph.
‘Tunguska.RdM’ • ‘Luce di Inverno’
Black-and-white photo of a person in a white, untucked dress shirt wearing an elaborate spiked, sculptural head-and-shoulder piece while pressing the button on a vending machine.
Son Jongjun / 손종준 • Defensive Measure № 0026, ‘07
Black-and-white close-up slightly side portrait of a person’s face in dramatic shadow, with a hand touching their closed eye and cheek. Fingertips slightly blackened.
Brett Walker
Black-and-white portrait of a young woman with a cigarillo - light hair in an updo, wearing a sleeveless dark top, looking slightly downward outdoors with a blurred background.
Diane Arbus, ‘65
“If anyone tells you that you can’t be badass, and also girly, tell them that one of the most beloved Norse goddesses, Freyja, was the goddess of beauty, sexuality, and fertility, but she was also the goddess of sorcery, war and death all while riding a chariot pulled by cats.”
— Anon
Gaylen Ross • Dawn of the Dead, ‘78
Black-and-white photo of a person in a dark coat standing on a misty mountain ridge, with windblown hair obscuring their face and rugged peaks fading into fog behind them.
Black-and-white photo of a person with windblown hair standing on a rocky mountain roadside, framed by dark fabric in the foreground, with misty peaks in the background.
Masha Demianova • Georgia
Deeep love for HR
Thinking it's much like today's pharma - the side effects are going to just outshine the original ailment.
🩷🧡🤎
Black-and-white glam/goth band portrait of five people posing dramatically in studio lighting, with teased hair, dark eye makeup, and 1980s-style outfits.
Listening
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Hanoi Rocks • Until I Get You, ‘83
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Ph. Fin Costello
A dark, sepia-toned double-exposure portrait of a woman’s face and bare shoulders, layered with stark tree branches and distressed, haunting, dreamy textures.
Lydia Roberts
Watership Down, '78
Recall when Loudness got big and everyone was like "He's the new Eddie Van Halen!"
Love this song
Black-and-white portrait of a person in a dark lace veil, holding a bouquet of dried flowers, with dramatic shadows and a haunting, gothic mood.
Maria Nemm
Black-and-white, grainy image of a silhouetted figure in a flowing dress leaping in midair, with flailing strips of fabric, a faint chair under them against a stark, empty field.
Roksana Mical • Untitled • From the series ‘Playground’
Black-and-white photo of a hand dipping two fingers into a glass of water, with a flower visible inside the glass against a dark background.
Daido Moriyama / 森山大道 • From the book ‘LETTRE A ST. LOUP’ / サン・ルゥへの手紙 , ‘90
Black-and-white photo of a single worn black high-heeled shoe lying on the street beside maybe a garbage can, with a cigarette butt and a few small, loose debris close by.
Shomei Tomatsu / 東松照明 • Untitled • From the series ‘On the Road’, ‘62
Rook, head and upper body, portrait.
Morning.
Rook, Watching, Catherine Hyde.
I know what the fear is. The fear is not for what is lost. What is lost is already in the wall. What is lost is already behind the locked door. The fear is for what is still to be lost.
~Joan Didion
🎨 Jorge Mascarenhas
Reading
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Blake Atwood • Underground : the secret life of videocassettes in Iran
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Super interesting if you're interested in oppressive regimes and how people adapt.
Black-and-white photo of a large white sheet billowing dramatically through a shaded courtyard between buildings with shuttered windows and ornate balconies.
Andrew Clegg Littler
Black-and-white photo of three children walking across a grassy churchyard, one holding a large umbrella, with a cross, tall trees, and a church building in the background.
Black-and-white photo of a young girl standing on cracked pavement, holding a toy bow and arrow, with stacked firewood and an open doorway behind her.
Katharine Cooper • Kosovo-Metohija, '16
