noir, extreme

a black & white blog focusing on aesthetic photography and auteur cinema.

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Mae Clarke in Frankenstein (1931)

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[inthedarktrees]

Woman lying on a couch and listening to a record player. Turin, Italy, 1964

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Hulton Archive. Mid-morning smog, as seen from the embankment at Blackfriars, London, 1952.

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Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004) - Portfolio for 'Three Poems from Les Fleurs du Mal', 1997

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Monica Bellucci

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Lupe Vélez by George Hurrell, 1931

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Couro de Gato (“Cat Skin”) 1962, direção por Joaquim Pedro de Andrade

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The Priest and the Girl, 1966, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade

O Padre e a Moça

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David Lynch on the set of Eraserhead.

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ALL ABOUT EVE 1950 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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Paul Almàsy, Couple dans un bar parisien, 1961

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Cold War (2018) dir. Paweł Pawlikowski

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Cold War is a raw confession of the soul, a love story as consuming as it is destructive. Wiktor and Zula are bound by passion yet torn apart by their flaws and a cruel world.

The black-and-white imagery sharpens their tragedy, capturing the contrasts of love and despair, longing and futility. Their story is not one of triumph but of survival—a haunting reflection of human desire and the pain it carries.

[bigjinx]

Ode to dandelions + details

A tribute to the misunderstood, under-appreciated, beautiful, edible, tough, wonderful dandelion!

Pencil on paper, 12”x15”, 2025. Prints are available

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Inge Morath. Paris, 1955.

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Gary Oldman as Dracula, shot by Herb Ritts.