I picked up a recent copy of Dazed and Confused when I saw the names Chris Cunningham and Grace Jones on the cover, where Cunningham had photographed Jones as "a nubian Rubber Johnny". The photos are so clean and the alterations so effective that you don't notice for a while that in some cases she has far too many knuckles or an extra shoulder. It's a little terrifying.
One of the images has her rolled up into a limbless, glittery ball. Another is Jones with her naked breasts pressed up against a sheet of glass, her head blurred in a scream.
Chris Cunningham is an absolute genius on Photoshop.
The image he did for Vice recently is more graphic, much more, though they were both inspired by the inspid, badly lit photography of British porn magazines like Razzle. If you are curious to know what it is before seeing it, let me just say it's not so much Goatse, than GoatOCEAN. I think I can respectfully say that it is possibly one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen in my life (Not THE most disgusting, but maybe I'll do a future blog post on that monstrosity).
Chris Cunningham shoots Grace Jones (extra shots that didn't make the mag)
Chis Cunningham In Vice Magazine
And also check out Grace Jones latest album, Hurricane. It's phenomenal.
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