Look away now if you're slightly squeamish...
But after seeing a post on because I'm addicted, I went to Melanie Pullen's photography site to have a look at her High Fashion Crimes photos, based on real crime scenes...
They're AMAZING! Check it out - here are a few of my favourites...
(loving the lace)
(want those shoes...)
this one reminds me of Millais' Ophelia...
talk about wanting a yellow dress...Apparently the project was sparked off when she read Evidence by Luc Sante, a book of NY crime scene photos... And she did loads of research in the LAPD files of pre-50s photos. These photos sometimes involved 60 + people to set them up, and I think it's really worth it. They certainly do present us with a few things to think about re. the glamourisation of violence and our own taboos and views of what is shocking...
What do you think?
3 comments:
Wow those are some amazing photos...though provocating and all.
Great post
xoxo
Stephanie
www.modernantoinette.blogspot.com
those are great photos! and America's Next Top Model actually did something like this too I think, i mean, obviously not comparable cuz the models in those were "training" but it was still gruesome cuz it was so close up!
The last shot is magical.
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