Guy Bourdin's experimental films

quote [Guy Bourdin (1928-1991) was a French avant-garde fashion photographer. Mentored by surrealist Man Ray and inspired by filmmaker Luis Buñuel, Bourdin's fashion shoots were often very strange, sexual, phantasmagoric and occasionally quite creepy. His photography frequently appeared in Vogue and Harper's Bazaar and he shot ad campaigns for Charles Jourdan, Issey Miyake, Chanel, and others. Bourdin was also quietly a filmmaker, working with 8mm, super 8, and 16mm. Above is footage of Dayle Haydon and Sayuko during a 1974 Vogue shoot in Normandy, France. More footage here on YouTube and here on UBUWEB Film. There's also a recent documentary, titled When the Sky Fell Down: The Myth of Guy Bourdin. And in July, Phaidon will publish a small inexpensive hardcover book of his work].
(via Boing Boing)

Maurycy Gomulicki: Bibliophilia

Bibliophilia at Flickr, Bibliophilia at Mocak Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków till 08.09.2011, Maurycy Gomulicki blog Pink not dead!.
quote [The entire project revolves around my grandfather, Juliusz Wiktor Gomulicki, and his book collection – the library of a humanist and a wayward spirit, an aficionado of curiosities and a ladies man. Books were truly the backdrop of my childhood – for the first six years of my life, I lived in a place floor-to-ceiling piled chockablock with books, often in double rows. For the next thirty-something, I was an almost daily visitor there,. I treat a library as a source and as a backdrop to let my imagination roam; as a place of manifold initiations. The smell of dust and the daydreaming about girls coexist perfectly in my consciousness. To this day, whenever I look at pornographic photographs with books in the background, I find myself deciphering the titles visible along the shelves, instead of concentrating on the ecstatically writhing bodies. Books are not only the knowledge contained therein – for me, they are above all a source of pleasure. The books and women in my life have become as much the triggers for my fantasies as the conduits of their fulfillment. My life story is full of women writers and women readers].

Love like you hate me + book

Love me like you hate me, a short film directed by Erika Lust. Cast: Venus O’Hara. Production: Lust Films of Barcelona.
quote [This book provides a modern perspective on a variety of practices that may be considered taboo for many women: to be tied up oneself or to tie someone else up, role-play and dressing up, giving pain or receiving it, being a strict dominatrix or being a submissive slave, punishing our partner or being punished by them... explore with Venus O’Hara and Erika Lust the seductive thrills of domination or the fear and excitement of submission].
[Previously on... Erika Lust at Unscathed Corpse]

Friday Favorites

Yay! It's Friday! We made it through another rough week of work. This time of year things are always a lot busier. Once work is finished on Fridays, they provide a sweet escape from work and work related things (well almost). I looked through the pictures I had saved to my computer and I saw a lot of cute pictures that I haven't used in a post yet. So I decided to do a Friday Favorites post that consisted of some cute pictures from WeHeartIt. So enjoy these cute pictures of random things and enjoy your weekend.



















Have a Great Weekend!

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Via: WeHeartIt

Ria van Dijk: in almost every picture

quote [In almost every picture #7 tells the story of a Dutch woman whose life is seen from the point of view of a fairground shooting gallery. The chronological series begins in 1936, when a 16-year-old girl from Tilburg in Holland picks up a gun and shoots at the target in a shooting gallery. Every time she hits the target, it triggers the shutter of a camera and a portrait of the girl in firing pose is taken and given as a prize].

3D Breasts in 3DD The Book

quote [It’s simply a great idea: a book of lovely, lovely breasts of all sizes, all beautifully photographed in 3D. The blog 3DD Breasts in 3D offers book purchase and ongoing samples, and does not disappoint, even if you don’t have the glasses].
(via tiny nibbles)

I'm Too Sad To Tell You

quote ["I'm Too Sad To Tell You (after Bas Jan Ader)" (by Jessica Williams) was originally conceived as a project to create an archive of self-portraits taken while crying. The images were to be displayed online on a website and then later made into a book. An open call was posted on the photo sharing community Flickr.com asking people to submit their crying self-portraits over the period of one month].

Hair'em Scare'em: book review

quote [Hair'em Scare'em presents an extraordinary exploration through the fascinating beauty and inventive possibilities of hair as a medium for artistic expression in contemporary art and design. The book documents this palpable trend into a visual sourcebook that presents a captivating collection of hairy works in graphic design, photography, illustration and art as well as interior design, fashion and jewelry design. The extraordinary works featured in this book are the best indication of trends in hair outside the mainstream].

An Open Book

As I have said before, one of my favorite things to do is read. Reading is a way to let your imagination take you places that you have never or might not ever go. After a long day or work, a lazy summer day, or a cold winter evening I just love to relax and read a good book. It is my dream to have my own library when I have my own home. I know I could have my library by finding pretty bookcases to go in a room, but I would rather my library have recessed shelves where the bookshelves are built into the wall. I think rooms like this are absolutely beautiful, plus it saves room space because bookcases aren't taking up space. I love the picture above! I love how that books are sorted according to color, it is like a rainbow of books around the room.
I love how this library has bookshelves all around the room. I would want my home library to have the recessed shelves all around the room too, so that I can have plenty of room for all my favorite books and future favorite books too! Plus I love the doors in this room, they let in so much light and on a breezy day they can be opened so that you can feel the nice breeze while you read.

A few things that ever good library needs are shown above. You need plenty of light to be able to read your books. Beautiful chandeliers and floor lamps can enhance the mood of any space. Other than plenty of books and great lighting, you also need cozy, comfortable places to seat while you read. I love the flowered chair above it is absolutely beautiful and it looks so comfy. If you don't have space in your home for a whole room dedicated for books and enjoying them, a beautiful bookcase in any part of your home can be used to display your favorite reads. I love the two bookcases pictured in the polyvore above.
Here are some of my favorite books. These would have to be in my library. What books would you have to include?
I know that not everyone has a passion for reading like I do (although I can't really understand it), so not everyone dreams of having a home library. If you don't dream of a home library, or even if you do, what other rooms do you dream of having in your own home?

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Via: WeHeartIt, HomeDesign

Allen Ginsberg's photographs of the Beats

quote [From 1953 to 1963, poet Allen Ginsberg snapped thousands of candid photos of his friends, documenting the personal, intimate, and spirited lives of the writers and artists who created the major works of Beat culture. His images of Jack Kerouac (above), William S. Burroughs, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Peter Orlovsky, and others are now on display at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. The exhibition, titled "Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg", runs until September 16].
(via Boing Boing)
[Thumbnail: Jack Kerouac]

The Big Butt Book

LINK quote [The Big Butt Book explores this perennial fascination with female booty—from small and taut to large and sumptuous—in the fourth installment of Dian Hanson's critically acclaimed body parts series. Over 400 photos from 1900 to the present day, including works by Elmer Batters, Ellen von Unwerth, Jean-Paul Goude, Ralph Gibson, Richard Kern, Jan Saudek, Ed Fox, Terry Richardson and Sante D'Orazio, of butts ranging from petite Pam Anderson's to sumptuous Serena Williams', are contextualized by interviews with porn icon John (Buttman) Stagliano, filmmaker Tinto Brass, artist Robert Crumb, bootylicious butt queens Buffie The Body, Coco and Brazil's Watermelon Woman, plus Eve Howard and her life-long spanking obsession].

Carmenica Diaz: Elegant Adult Fiction

LINK quote [Carmenica Diaz is the Mistress of Fetish Fiction with over sixty novels published! Carmenica Diaz specialises in stories of female domination with a special emphasis on enforced male chastity, humiliation, cuckolding and other forms of FemDom literature. Carmenica Diaz has also written many classic transgender novels, mainly transgender romance, although Carmenica Diaz has published several forced femme novels in the Forced Into Stockings series].
[More about Femdom at Unscathed Corpse]