#cult photography

[diana-andraste]

Photo for "The Design Issue", Aperture Magazine No 255, Paul Kooiker

[mourndecay]

i’ll rot with you, my dear.

[gothicbutcher666]

𝕭𝖗𝖎𝖉𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝕱𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖐𝖊𝖓𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖎𝖓

[beautysnake]

Okay I know this horse has been beaten to death but I've been chewing on this for a while and I still havent seen anyone mention anything--

Im running with the assumption the picture of Narinder on the Lamb's desk is a photograph due to the rendering being completely different than their drawings.

Judging by the phonograph, we can assume the more advanced technology in this world is on par with the latter half of the 19th century (or at least vaguely victorian era inspired; 1820-1914). During this time photography was growing in popularity. Many methods evolved to refine the technique but a popular format for capturing portraits specifically was a daguerreotype.

And, well, here's the thing about early photography

do what you will with this knowledge, but theres good reason why victorian era portraits always looked so stoic

Moreover, there's a good chance Narinder had to hold this pose for at least 30 seconds, and at most 30 minutes

[elixir]

Andrey Tarkovsky on the set of 'Stalker'

[undergroundrockpress]

1973

[fettfleisch]

at the holy mass in the woods last night. we ate more than just the wind

[matyas-ss]

Kwaidan (1964)

Directed by Masaki Kobayashi

Cinematography by Yoshio Miyajima

[hot-kellynixe]

I'm all yours daddy 😉🤤💋

[diana-andraste]

Cats, from polaroid compilation Heaven, Paul Kooiker, 2012

[draculasdaughterrr]

LONGLEGS (2024) // SE7EN (1995)

[gothicbutcher666]

𝕱𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖐𝖊𝖓𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖎𝖓 🖤

[unholy-cvlt]

ALWAYS WAITING FOR THE DEATH

"After you find out all the things that can go wrong, your life becomes less about living and more about waiting."

-Chuck Palahniuk.

[johnfdonovan]

heaven + donnie darko 🐰🖤🌪️  

photographed at original film locations in los angeles by zamar velez with art direction by director richard kelly

[meadowcult]

:)

[robsheridan]

From the pages of SPECTAGORIA magazine issue 6, 1974. Spectagoria was a renowned underground fashion photography magazine surrounded by rumor and mystery. Founded by iconoclastic photographer/filmmaker Sera Clairmont initially as a showcase of her own work, the publication drew controversy for its dark themes and morbid imagery, which often used beauty, sexuality, and fashion as a means to, in Clairmont’s words, “let speak the darkness that surrounds us from other worlds.”

Christian groups in the United States called for a ban of the magazine, with Jerry Falwell accusing Clairmont of being “a witch and a pornographer in league with the devil himself.” Clairmont dismissed the accusations as “just more blatant examples of the sexism and double-standards that led me to forge my own path in a male-dominated industry.” But the boycott drew scrutiny to the magazine’s photographs, which at times contained images that seemed impossible, even supernatural, in nature. Some wondered if Sera Clairmont was related to Seraphina Clairmont, the famous Manhattan mystic who “spoke to demons” and lived at the mysterious Zorovic Building at the turn of the 20th century, and was rumored to have been buried alive in the building’s 1913 destruction.

Sera Clairmont went into hiding in 1976, but continued to publish Spectagoria until the early 80s, growing stranger and darker with each issue, fueling even more speculation that otherworldly powers were behind it before its abrupt end. No one knew where it was being published from, nor where - or *how* - its photos were taken. Very few copies of each issue of Spectagoria were printed, and today only a handful of scattered pages have been located and scanned. I will continue to share more pages as I find them...

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