See also film blog for poncy celebration of nuns without clothes.

24th March 2013

Photo with 36 notes

Untitled by Wingate Paine, 1964-1965

Untitled by Wingate Paine, 1964-1965

Tagged: photography1960swingate painecrossnude

2nd February 2013

Photo with 111 notes

Holy Cross (In hoc signo vinces) by Erwin Blumenfeld, 1967

Holy Cross (In hoc signo vinces) by Erwin Blumenfeld, 1967

Tagged: photographynude1960sholy crossderriereerwin blumenfeldcross

21st November 2012

Photo with 332 notes

La priere du diable by Marcel Mariën, 1991
Also

La priere du diable by Marcel Mariën, 1991

Also

Tagged: nudephotographymarcel mariencross1990s

30th July 2012

Photo reblogged from unbearable vision with 150 notes

unbearablevision, branduponthebrain:

Emperor Tomato Ketchup (Shûji Terayama, 1971)

unbearablevisionbranduponthebrain:

Emperor Tomato Ketchup (Shûji Terayama, 1971)

Tagged: 1970scrossemperor tomato ketchupfilm stillsshuji terayamacrucifixion

Source: branduponthebrain

14th July 2012

Photo reblogged from LIFE-WORLD with 49 notes

human-activities:

Alice, Sweet Alice (Alfred Sole, 1976)

human-activities:

Alice, Sweet Alice (Alfred Sole, 1976)

Tagged: alice sweet alicefilm stillscrossalfred stole1970scommunion

26th March 2012

Photo with 1,038 notes

Untitled (It’s our pleasure to disgust you) by Barbara Kruger, 1982
As the excellent realityayslum has pointed out, the original photograph used here was Horace Roye’s controversial Tomorrow’s Crucifixion (1938)

Untitled (It’s our pleasure to disgust you) by Barbara Kruger, 1982

As the excellent realityayslum has pointed out, the original photograph used here was Horace Roye’s controversial Tomorrow’s Crucifixion (1938)

Tagged: 1980sbarbara krugercollagecrosscrucifixionit's our pleasure to disgust youtexttypefacehorace roye

22nd March 2012

Photo with 33 notes

Marilyn Monroe, From The Last Sitting, Crucifix II by Bert Stern, 1962/2007
Illustrated in Stern, The Last Sitting, London, 1982; and Marilyn Monroe: La Dernière Séance, Paris, 2006. The “cross” appearing in the negative was drawn by Monroe.

Marilyn Monroe, From The Last Sitting, Crucifix II by Bert Stern, 1962/2007

Illustrated in Stern, The Last Sitting, London, 1982; and Marilyn Monroe: La Dernière Séance, Paris, 2006. The “cross” appearing in the negative was drawn by Monroe.

Tagged: marilyn monroecrosscrucifixphotographybert stern1960s

4th March 2012

Photo reblogged from Reality Asylum with 426 notes

realityayslum:

Hanel en croix lors de la 31 action du Theatre des orgies et des mysteres de Hermann Nitsch a Munich le 8 decembre 1969. Photos de Ludwig Offenreich retouchees a l’encre par Pierre Molinier.
(… from the book Pierre Molinier by Jean-Luc Mercie, les presses du reel 2010, pg.195)

realityayslum:

Hanel en croix lors de la 31 action du Theatre des orgies et des mysteres de Hermann Nitsch a Munich le 8 decembre 1969. Photos de Ludwig Offenreich retouchees a l’encre par Pierre Molinier.

(… from the book Pierre Molinier by Jean-Luc Mercie, les presses du reel 2010, pg.195)

Tagged: 1960saction theatrecrossludwig offenreichnudephotographypierre moliniercrucifixion

26th February 2012

Photo reblogged from Love Like Cancer with 201 notes

kirgiakos, frenchtwist:

via surrealism:

Symbolic Nude by Allen A. Dutton, 1965. Photograph, silver print. 16 x 15 cm.

kirgiakosfrenchtwist:

via surrealism:

Symbolic Nude by Allen A. Dutton, 1965. Photograph, silver print. 16 x 15 cm.

Tagged: allen a. duttonphotographynudesurrealismsymbolic nudecross1960s

Source: anamorfose.be

17th December 2011

Photo with 57 notes

Alice Sweet Alice / Communion (Alfred Stole, 1976)
Via seasons in the black sun

Alice Sweet Alice / Communion (Alfred Stole, 1976)

Via seasons in the black sun

Tagged: 1970salfred stolealice sweet alicecommunionfilm stillsveiledcross