David Lynch by Jean Baptiste Mondino

“I love to translate ideas. If you are true to the ideas that you love and never walk away from any element until it’s correct, then there’s a chance others will feel it’s correct and go into that world and have an experience. Hopefully a good experience.”
David Lynch

More:

• The official Mondino website (mondino-update.net)
• Mondino at Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
• The official David Lynch website (davidlynch.com)
• David Lynch filmography (imdb.com)
• The Universe of David Lynch (davidlynch.de)
  A very comprehensive fan site with lots of links to other Lynch related resources.
• The David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace (davidlynchfoundation.org)
  “Provides funds for in-school ‘Quiet Time’ programs utilizing the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation technique…”

“Crowd Porn 2″ by xtrapop (from the “Coachella Porn – Dante’s Orgy” series)

The idea that the Red Hot Chilli Peppers could inspire anything but catalepsy in an audience is beyond both my belief and understanding but, sometimes, it takes a photograph to show you what is in front of your eyes.
For me, this beautiful photo series of crowd scenes at Coachella, by Flickr member xtrapop (a.k.a. Thomas Brodahl), immediately brings to mind the listless rutting depicted in the orgy scene of the movie “Perfume” rather than Dante’s diabolical torments.

More:

• Coachella Porn – Dante’s Orgy (flickr.com)

 More:

• Three Question Marks – the official Merkley site (threequestionmarks.com)
• Photos by Merkley on Flickr (flickr.com)
• Merkley on MySpace (myspace.com)

• The titles of the posts make me feel as if melancholia is surging unhindered through my bloodstream with absolutely no possibility of me preventing it overwhelming my brain.
• The “haikus” achieve a level of honesty and brutality sadly lacking in what currently passes for pornography.

That’s enough. The pictures are window dressing.

“The hands, how they grab
I let them do this to me
mom, its not that bad”

More:

• Blowjobs on Flickr, haiku style (blowjobhaikus.blogspot.com)

“Gaahl of Gorgoroth” by Peter Beste (2003)

“You are what you came from.
It is your mission to go forth and to grow – to stay awake and to whisper.”
Gaahl

More:

• Peter Beste Photography (peterbeste.com)
• The Official Gorgoroth Website (gorgoroth.org)
• “Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground” (feralhouse.com)
  The definitive account of the Norwegian satanic metal scene in the 1990′s, written by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Soderlind.
  “a fantastic realm where Satanism, neo-paganism and National Socialism energized a musical scene in which fantasy was actualized”
• “Lords of Chaos: The Movie” (roadrunnerrecords.com)
  A fictionalised movie version of the Feral House book.
  “Equal parts music, true crime, occult, and subcultural anthropology”
• 100 Great Photographs (davidwaterston.com)
  The rest of the photographs in this series.

“Gene Tierney” by George Hurrell (1944)

More:

• The Hollywood Photography of George Hurrell (hurrellphotography.com)
• George Hurrell Photos and Prints (hurrellphotos.com)
  Buy prints of Hurrell photographs, including recent prints made under Hurrel’s supervision.
• Hurrel: The Estate of George Hurrell (hurrellestate.com)
• George Hurrell Obituary (nytimes.com)
• Hurrell related books at Amazon (amazon.com)
• Gene Tierney (geocities.com)
  “Unquestionably the most beautiful woman in movie history”.
• Gene Tierney filmography (imdb.com)
• Self Portrait: Gene Tierney’s autobiography (amazon.com)
• Gene Tierney in the news (time.com)
  A small but fascinating collection of contemporary news articles about or related to Gene Tierney at the height of her celebrity.

I am embarrassed and ashamed to say that I have never had erotic thoughts of any kind about clowns. Sadly, it just never occurred to me that clowns and porn could be such a combustible mix. We should all be thankful that Glenn Campbell doesn’t have the same lack of imagination.

More:

• Klown Erotica (klownerotika.com)
• Porn Clown Posse (pornclownposse.com)
• Ouchy The Clown (ouchytheclown.com)
• Sherbert The Clown (ropelover.com)
• Bedding Bozo by Cara Bruce (eros-guide.com)
• Erwin Olaf “Paradise Portraits” (erwinolaf.com)

“Shock” (from the “End Times” series) by Jill Greenberg

More:

•  Jill Greenberg: The Manipulator (manipulator.com)
• On the topic “End Times” (paulkopeikingallery.com)
  “The ‘trick’ is suddenly too good: Mrs. Greenberg’s talent with her medium may have finally crossed the line of what we know and what we believe.”
• Cry Babies (popphoto.com)
  “Jill Greenberg answers the critics who claim she abuses toddlers in the name of art.”
• Podcast interview with Jill Greenberg (popphoto.com)
• Jill Greenberg interview (lifelounge.com)
• Jill Greenberg is a Sick Woman Who Should Be Arrested and Charged With Child Abuse (thomashawk.com)
  Everyman has his say.
• The Case Against Jill Greenberg’s “End Times” (thinkingpictures.blogspot.com)
  Finally, a detailed and coherent argument! Misses the point completely, of course, but at least he tried.
  “Could it be that Jill’s subject is “taboo” – or, to use a less scintillating term, “disgusting” – because we are aware of the real suffering children around the world experience, and to have it recreated snow-globe style reflects poor aesthetic and moral taste?”

Great article, even better pictures.

“Film star Mae West once asked, "Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?" In the case of this photograph, we can confidently say - it's a gun. There is real danger here - and not just from smoking in bed. But there's also danger in assuming too much.

So look closely at the languid young thing on the bed. She may be holding that hand mirror as if to check her lipstick - but her eyes are turned to the side, the better to see that gun being pulled.“

More:

• Pulp Pix: The Bizarre Case of Photography Noir (photographymuseum.com)