This early vintage black-and-white photograph of a partially-draped nude tied to a cross is very much in the style of the early French erotic “salon” photographs. The text “37.a.” can be faintly seen in the lower right of the image. This smaller reproduction from a Tumblr post looks like a scan from an unknown publication in which the photo is dated 1885. On Etsy, there’s currently for sale a modern reproduction of a vintage French postcard featuring a cropped version of this image with lovely hand tinting. Unfortunately, no specific information about the photographer or studio could be discovered.
Image provenance by Bacchus at Erosblog.
Tag Archives: black and white photography
Horror portrait
Original post . Sourced to horrorpunk via erotiterrorist
Shadow of the Spider
This photo is from a set called “35” by photographer Edgard Berendsen. A blog interview here offers more information about the photographer.
Image provenance by Bacchus at Erosblog.
Eighteenth-century medical horror cosplay
Original post here. Sourced to gothicsking via darkkaart.
Dummy shot
Original post here. Sourced to travsd.wordpress.com. Original text:
training classes at Miskatonic Medical Institute were conducted with ventriloquist dummies until WWII
Walter H. Lambert was a British ventriloquist and female impersonator whose famous early 20th century vaudeville routine was a hospital skit in which his female character “Lydia Dreams” played a nurse, and his figure played an accident victim. He was also an accomplished painter, famous for his 1903 large-scale painting of 225 Edwardian music-hall performers you can see here (via)
Another woman as instrument
Original post here. Image contains the signature “Rosomanov” and appears to be part of a 2010 MUZIKA calendar. You can see a “making of” video for the source material here:
Sourced via feeling-is-first. Original text:
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach
Wistful tree
Original post here. Original text:
Sad Little Christmas Tree Found at an abandoned New Jersey Psychiatric Hospital.
Source: Der_Krampus (flickr)
Anonymous_trespasser:
Here is the link to more photos from this place:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gfoster67/sets/72157635348540968/
Crown of thorns
This is a watermark-cropped, color-reduced, and enlarged version of Female Christ from the Female Christ in Color collection by Ramon Martinez Photography. According to photographer Martinez’s caption, “Female Christ” is “from my first video production about the subject the female crucified Christ.” That production is called Passion Of A Goddess.
Image provenance by Bacchus at Erosblog.
Under gauze
Original post here. Sourced to regardintemporel. Original text:
Bruno Braquehais – Nu et armure, 1854
Trophies
Original post here. Sourced to slobbering via master-0f-puppets.