
Armand Rassenfosse, Thirsty Death, late 19th century or early 20th century

Armand Rassenfosse, Thirsty Death, late 19th century or early 20th century
Salò, Dazed, September 2001
Photography Norbert Schoerner, art direction Alexander McQueen, styling Katy England
A skeleton in the Capella Sansevero, an ancient Italian church which has been turned into a private museum of anatomical petrification. The skeleton was given an injection before death which somehow preserved all veins, arteries and capillaries. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1955
Penny Slinger, Corpus. 1977 (Part of Jane and Louise Wilson’s curated section)
Hustler ran this ultra-graphic and realistic depiction of the murder/suicide scene of Dorothy Stratten and Paul Snider in one of their issues to mock Playboy and their readers. Shit’s rough.