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THE DARK AND EROTIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF

1920'S MACABRE VISIONARY WILLIAM MORTENSEN.

"William Mortensen’s 20th Century Photos Are Some Of The Most Beautifully Terrifying Images Ever Made"

Huffington Post, Katherine Brooks.

"Ansel Adams called him ‘the antichrist’ and wanted him written out of history. But William Mortensen’s

grotesque photographs of death, nudity and torture and are now having their day"

The Guardian, Chris Campion.

"William Mortensen predicted the imagery and thinking of 21st century photography."

Smithsonian Magazine, Bess Lovejoy.

" As today’s widespread fixation with Photoshop and other processes of image manipulation indicate, Mortensen with his meticulous methods was a true pioneer of his era."

Hyperallergic, Claire Voon.

"Adams and Group f/64 may have won a battle over photography's future, but nearly 50 years after his death and decades of obscurity, Mortensen appears to have won the war. "

Los Angeles Times, Elizabeth Hand

The Forbidden Fantasy Photography of William Mortensen [NSFW]

The Veiled Woman c. 1924

excerpt from "A Pictorial Compendium of Witchcraft" c. 1924 - 1926

The Initiation of a Young Witch c. 1924

The Slave Girl c 1924 - 1926

Fragment c. 1924 - 1926

The Old Hag c. 1924

Untitled c. 1924

Salome c. 1924 - 1926

excerpt from "A Pictorial Compendium of Witchcraft" c. 1924 - 1926

The Vampire c 1926

The Inquisition c 1924 excerpt from "A Pictorial Compendium of Witchcraft" c. 1924 - 1926

Preparation for the Sabbath c. 1930

Circe c. 1928

The Inquisition c 1930

Schrapnel c. 1924

excerpt from "A Pictorial Compendium of Witchcraft" c. 1924 - 1926

excerpt from "A Pictorial Compendium of Witchcraft" c. 1924 - 1926

The Black Mass c. 1926

Fear (also titled Obsession) c 1926

Woman WIth Skull c. 1926

The Old Hag with Incubus c. 1924

Dance with Death c. 1924

Myrdith on Broom c. 1930

excerpt from "A Pictorial Compendium of Witchcraft" c. 1924 - 1926

excerpt from "A Pictorial Compendium of Witchcraft" c. 1924 - 1926

The Heretic c. 1928

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