Gypsy Woman
English law describes a gypsy as such: “persons of nomadic habit of life, whatever their race or origin, but does not include members of an organised group of traveling showmen, or persons engaged in traveling circuses, traveling together.”
Gypsies (also known as Romani people or “tinkers”) often live in squalour, begging and panhandling their way through towns and cities. Some perform songs and dances for money. They are known to be thieves and vagrants and on the lower rungs of society’s ladder. When traveling through Europe, our booking agents politely advise us to be weary of them.
Never trust a gypsy.
The Kill Locker
I came across a website containing photographs that belonged to a man named Rodney Alcala. They were found in a locker rented out to Alcala in Seattle, WA, after he was charged with the murder of 5 missing women and children. His way of killing was particularly gruesome. There are as many as 100 unsolved murders spanning across the United States that could very well be attributed to this man who is known as the “Dating Game Killer” (due to his appearance as a contestant on the American TV show).
After reading the back story behind these photographs, you can’t help but feel a chill run down your spine. Alcala seems to try to capture a certain look in the model’s eye, to heighten the moment of the photograph by catching them off guard. It’s disturbing to think about what happened after the photographs were taken and what he may have done with them, but it’s absolutely fascinating to see through the eyes of such a disturbed mind.
I’ve left out the photographs of children because I can’t bare to think about what he was looking for in them, but you can see all the photographs here.
If the idea of looking at photographs taken by a serial killer makes you feel weird….You should probably not continue on…For what it’s worth, he had an eye for stylish ladies…
Beauty
Humans have the ability to see beauty in each other, in our surroundings and in our expressions (through art, music, words). There is no need to contain the word in a generalized, mass-appeal idea. The cliché is true: “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” But what is beauty? The age-old question that we have desperately tried to put into words and images, to try to understand the feeling we get when we think we see it. Maybe beauty is a feeling. Maybe we use our senses to perceive it, we seek it out because the feeling we attain is a nice one, a great one in fact.
I have dealt with hindering self-esteem issues for almost half of my life (as have many young women these days), and spending the other half trying to figure out how to deal with it optimistically. Women have days where they don’t even want to leave the confines of their (extremely comfortable) bed, for fear of being judged, of being made fun of and whispered about. We are told we need this cream, or that hair product, or one inch of makeup and 5-inch heels before we can be seen by the ‘functioning society’. What I have learned so far is that, although we may not match up to our expectations of beauty, we are beautiful.
I leave you with images of depictions of beauty, or rather, a concept of it.
Haiti
This country is a disaster…I haven’t said this out loud, but I feel like this won’t end well…and no one will care soon enough…we are distracted by the pretty pictures.
Beautiful Distractions.
hungry eyes.
Source: American Information
2010 I’m on.
Yes please, give me these.
What I want
Les Queues de Sardines, is an original collection of stockings and tights remarkable for their unconventional and unique graphic style. Toss with a dash of dark, narrative humor – the result: elegant and unusual undergarments that will dress up your legs with pattern and elegance. “Screen-printed by hand in limited quantities”, these are walkers that won’t go unnoticed.
Got Skillz?
I’m about to blow up his spot a little bit. I didn’t ask permission….Sorry! It’s all luv baby!
My boy Scott is hands DOWN one of the BESSSST photographers I’ve had the pleasure of viewing….You amateurs better step your game up…Funny thing about him, he just does it for shits and giggles.
Check out his Flickr Photostream for more amazing-nessnesss…
THIS IS YOUR HAPPY PLACE 