Paraphotography

On Paraphotography: Uncertainty, the Occult and the Uncanny is an exploration into the aesthetic realms of supernatural representation through photography. 

Exhibiting at Harlan Levey Projects in Brussels, the show features the work of Czech photographer Tereza Zelenkova, Another contributor Paulina Otylie Surys, the 1930s photographer Joel-Peter Witkin, and Jeffrey Silverthorne.

Freedom's Greatest Enemy is Gravity

Suspense is Coming. Photos:Tyler Shields

Infamous for adorning young Hollywood stars in a manner that exposes the darkness of Hollywood; Tyler Shields has staged most of his edgy celebrity photo shoots from the comfort of a studio. But when actress Emma Roberts and longtime girlfriend Francesca Eastwood are willingly jumping off of buildings and bridges -- their bodies like ragdolls falling in the air -- not knowing what happens next.

Taking nearly a year to complete, this collection is full of gravity-defying shots that explores themes of life,freedom, death and extreme adrenaline filled moments, perfectly befitting of the title Suspense. Instead of solely being about the person in the frame, many of the photos are from afar, concerned more with the environment and landscape.The photos illicit the feeling of freedom, the greatest enemy that freedom faced.

SUSPENSE opens at the Guy Hepner Gallery, Los Angeles, 28th April.

House of Bones

Las Meninas (Self-Portrait) by Joel Peter Witkin, 1987.

If photography is the art of fixing a shadow, glass is the medium that transfers shadows onto film. For Joel-Peter Witkin, whose elaborate tableaux reverberate with the extreme conditions of life and death, glass holds powerful associations.

Joel-Peter Witkin is an artist who distorts photographs using different techniques to create pieces that shock and intrigue. During the Vietman War, Witkin worked as a war photographer, and at a very young age he was already exposed to decapitation.

His works carry the delicate tonality of a 19th-century ambrotype, showing morphed scenes with human body parts and deceased subjects with a strong satirical sentiment against vanity. 

Some of his works:

Sanitarium

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