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Los Angeles based photographer Chad Michael Ward creates horror images that both enthrall and repulse the viewer. Most disturbing are his erotic images of the female form twisted into something hideously arousing. Ward’s women are mutilated beauties, disfigured but still seductive using “womanly wiles” to pull us into their darkness. Read the full post
The Bathers
“Hurry, hurry, step right up. See the amazing, the baffling, and the hideous! Curiosities beyond your wildest dreams or darkest nightmares! But for an accident of birth, you might be as they are. Step right up. Hurry, hurry.” These words echo in your head when you see James G. Mundie’s work. The era of the freak show is for the most part over, what was once an expected companion to most carnivals is now extremely rare. I suppose the internet has replaced these American institutions with image search engines that seem to satisfy the voyeuristic curiosity of todays “tech savy” youth. Read the full post
In Battle There Is No Gravetemple
The work of illustrator and designer Justin Bartlett has a great primitive feel to it. Almost childlike in appearance, his art is strong, controlled, and deceivingly simple. His great use of white space and complex textures really makes his work a visual black & white treat.
Go ahead, feast your eyes. His website.