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Using photography as a foundation for his portraits, Russian artist Oleg Dou manipulates the skin and bodies of his subjects via modern technology. His ‘Cub’ series depicts spectral children, their intense gazes confronting the viewer, fashioned with surreal trappings and an ethereal innocence. Imbued with an eerie stillness, these portraits were influenced by the macabre Victorian era practice of post-mortem photography, an inspiration that adds a foreboding tension to the strange, dream-like beauty of the work. View more of the haunting works above.
Wu JIALIN. 2002
Excarnation is the burial practice of removing the organs and flesh of the dead, leaving only the bones. Adopted by some societies, this may be done naturally by allowing animals to eat the body or by butchering the body by hand. After the process is completed, some cultures would take the bones, putting them in a special container in which they would be buried.
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Marc Hom, Jessica Hart & Lydia Hearst VII
Monk and Tiger sharing their meal by Wojtek Kalka
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They were such pretty little liars who actually pulled it off on the steps of New York’s public library but I later found it was a Social Art Experiment to see how the public will react to this situation. They drew a lot of attention, laughs, disgust and money. Photo by Zoran Milich for LIFE.com
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Sand Dune, Namibia
Photo: Brynn BaymanIt doesn’t take much to get rolling down a Namibian dune. These students on a geographical field trip find the slop irresistible but end up with sand in every nook and cranny.
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Newsha TAVAKOLIAN. Part of serie Listen, 2010
C - print, 105x130 cm
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