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31st October 2009, 11:35pm
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#1 | | Backwoods Motherfuckery
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| blackandwtf
Basically old black and white photos featuring all sorts of madness. Current favourite....  http://blackandwtf.tumblr.com/ | 
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31st October 2009, 11:43pm
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#2 | | Forum SuperMod SuperMod
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| Re: blackandwtf
That's the scariest website I've ever seen. | |
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4th November 2009, 12:23pm
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#3 | | Backwoods Motherfuckery
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| Re: blackandwtf
A love triangle comes to it's violent conclusion over at Stu Potatojunkies gaff.  | |
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4th November 2009, 12:33pm
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#4 | | Kingpun
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| Re: blackandwtf
Ahhh, you remember when Slipknot were the fashion?  
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4th November 2009, 12:37pm
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#5 | | tired and emotional Editor
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Ahhh, you remember when Slipknot were the fashion? | Has the lassie on the left got a package?
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4th November 2009, 12:38pm
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#6 | | i ♥ distortion
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| Re: blackandwtf
just looking at this gives me jelly legs!  | |
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4th November 2009, 12:46pm
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#7 | | Kingpun
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| Re: blackandwtf
Very South Park like.  
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4th November 2009, 1:02pm
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#8 | | Filth-kitten
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| Re: blackandwtf
Some of those remind me of pictorialism, like Mortensen's work.
Another WTF of vintage photography - portraits of the deceased, arranged as they would have been when alive. 
Second only to family portraits in a similar fashion. | |
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4th November 2009, 1:05pm
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#9 | | El Chupa Libre
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Originally Posted by Mwezzi Some of those remind me of pictorialism, like Mortensen's work.
Another WTF of vintage photography - portraits of the deceased, arranged as they would have been when alive.
Second only to family portraits in a similar fashion. | That's brilliant.
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4th November 2009, 1:07pm
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#10 | | Kingpun
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That's no a fucking burd!
Maybe by some of your standards I suppose. 
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4th November 2009, 2:51pm
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#11 | | Registered User Editor
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| Re: blackandwtf
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Originally Posted by Mwezzi Some of those remind me of pictorialism, like Mortensen's work.
Another WTF of vintage photography - portraits of the deceased, arranged as they would have been when alive.
Second only to family portraits in a similar fashion. | I got a bit obsessed with Victorian death photography a while back, particularly ones where they stood them up using stands and painted their eyes on to make them look alive. So sad. This one is fairly creepy.  | 
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4th November 2009, 3:15pm
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#12 | | Harvey Kartel
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| Re: blackandwtf
One of the reasons death photography was so popular, was that photography was a rare luxury and photographing the dead afforded this luxury. People wanted to have a photo of what someone was like when they were alive, it's fair enough. No creepier or sad than interning someone in a wooden box, burying them in the ground, marking the spot with a slab and continuing to visit it.
Still though, Victorians are lol.
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4th November 2009, 3:32pm
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#13 | | El Chupa Libre
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I don't think anyone is poking fun, per se.
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4th November 2009, 6:31pm
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#14 | | Registered User Editor
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Originally Posted by Dec One of the reasons death photography was so popular, was that photography was a rare luxury and photographing the dead afforded this luxury. People wanted to have a photo of what someone was like when they were alive, it's fair enough. No creepier or sad than interning someone in a wooden box, burying them in the ground, marking the spot with a slab and continuing to visit it.
Still though, Victorians are lol. | I understand that, I just think it's an intriguing process. No doubt the practise of burying people will go out of fashion and people in future will find it a fascinating way to treat the dead.
I think it is sad that photography at the time was so out of reach financially for most people, that the only way they could memorialise their loved ones was to stick pins in them, paint on their eyes and prop them up for a photograph. The Victorians did, however, have a much different view of death to what we have today, and were much more comfortable around it so perhaps it was more natural to them.
The practise is alien to me so I find it a little creepy, but I certainly don't find it funny. | |
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