#clarencejohnlaughlin

[sophiedelorme]

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[generallygothic]

Although a highschool dropout, Clarence John Laughlin (1905-1985) maintained a love of literature throughout his entire life. Before turning to photography at the age of 25, Laughlin was a [mostly unpublished] author and poet, writing predominantly in the style of French Symbolism. Widely accepted as the first true American Surrealist photographer, literature greatly influenced his visual art. If it is indeed influenced by literature, Generally Gothic would like to suggest that the pictured piece takes Oscar Wilde's (1854-1900) 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' (1890) as its source of inspiration. What do you think? Image: 'The Mirror of Nothingness', Clarence John Laughlin (1957). #generallygothic #gothic #gothicliterature #gothicphotography #clarencejohnlaughlin #surrealistphotography #photography #photograph #americansouth #frenchsymbolism #oscarwilde #thepictureofdoriangray #doriangray #surrealism #victorianliterature #englishliterature #classicliterature #poet #poetry #litlover #booknerd #bookworm #litnerd #academic

[ricagudelo]

Cultural recharge day at the #MoMA w/ #clarencejohnlaughlin (at Museum of Modern Art (MoMA))

[realifeiselsewhere]

clarence john laughlin

the repulsive bed, 1941

the bat, 1940

house of the past, 1947

doorway to a lost world, 1955

the unborn, 1941

the worship of black, 1941

the masks grow to us, 1947

the magic mountain, 1955

shrouded woman against a plaster wall, 1940

bird of death dream, 1953

the head in the wall, 1945

from the closet of the past,  1957

the phantom man from the solitary house, los angeles, 1960

all photographs by clarence john laughlin.