(Source: Upworthy)
Bruising Beauty March 26, 2013
PHOTO BY ANDREA HUBNER; MAKE-UP BY EVA GERHOLDT
when you first see her you think she’s bruised. battered and abused.
but it’s makeup. as you look closer she’s flowered and rouged and artistically designed.
it’s beautiful. and grotesque.
and you don’t know how to feel
can her bruises be sexy?
the thought is disgusting,
but still you
wonder (ponder) over
the possibility
of your twisted vision
it’s disturbing. and unsettling
do we love the image because
she is so bruised?
or do we like it
because: this was done to her
we used her for our canvas
and for one moment she’s
stuck in time as
the object of our aggression/love?
(Source: doloresdepalabra on tumblr)
#TouchofEvil brings on #ChildhoodTrauma December 8, 2011
The following videos are part of The New York Times Magazine Hollywood issue. The series was directed by Alex Prager and showcases classic villainous themes/characters. The last video, featuring the magnificent Gary Oldman, creeps me the fuck out.
I remember the movie it’s based on, Magic. When the commercials would come on I couldn’t stand to look at them. I would put my hand up in front of the tv and close my eyes until it was over.
Actually as I’m typing this, I’m hearing the commercial in my head and practically jumping out of my skin. Dolls in general don’t bug me, really, but I can’t take devil dolls and dummies that come to like. I can’t, I just … can’t.
See all 13 works here
International Picture of the Year July 1, 2011
First Place:
First Place
Todd Heisler The Rocky Mountain News
When 2nd Lt. James Cathey’s body arrived at the Reno Airport, Marines climbed into the cargo hold of the plane and drapedthe flag over his casket as passengers watched the family gather on the tarmac. During the arrival of another Marine’s casket last year at Denver International Airport, Major Steve Beck described the scene as one of the most powerful in the process: “See the people in the windows? They’ll sit right there in the plane, watching those Marines. You gotta wonder what’s going through their minds, knowing that they’re on the plane that brought him home,” he said. “They’re going to remember being on that plane for the rest of their lives. They’re going to remember bringing that Marine home. And they should.”
Second Place:
Second Place
Todd Heisler The Rocky Mountain News
The night before the burial of her husband’s body, Katherine Cathey refused to leave the casket, asking to sleep next to his body for the last time. The Marines made a bed for her, tucking in the sheets below the flag. Before she fell asleep, she opened her laptop computer and played songs that reminded her of ‘Cat,’ and one of the Marines asked if she wanted them to continue standing watch as she slept. “I think it would be kind of nice if you kept doing it,” she said. “I think that’s what he would have wanted.”
See all the winners here
