All Darkness Near

By Jordan Ginsberg • Jun 3rd, 2009 • Category: ModBlog


Really beautiful set of photos here featuring the lovely Samar, who is no stranger to the ol’ ModBlog, with a suspension-assist by Erik Dakota and Andrea Costantino, who did the eight eight-gauge piercings involved here. Do we have a name for this variation yet? If not, well, think on it, ModBloggers. In the meantime, more pictures are just after the jump.

(Photos taken at The Armory in San Francisco by Daniel Riedel.)

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43 Responses »

  1. molly on June 3rd, 2009 at 5:07 pm:

    these are amazing to say the least

  2. javiera on June 3rd, 2009 at 5:10 pm:

    !estupendo!

  3. Mechanic-Organic on June 3rd, 2009 at 5:17 pm:

    What phenomenal photography! The model, setting, lighting, mood… all of it is stored nicely in the TOP drawer!

  4. Adam on June 3rd, 2009 at 5:28 pm:

    wow

  5. Tyler on June 3rd, 2009 at 5:36 pm:

    pretty fucking great!!!

  6. Sunshine on June 3rd, 2009 at 5:36 pm:

    Sweet, i love these photos. And she’s just beautiful, really.

  7. big jazz on June 3rd, 2009 at 5:39 pm:

    how about the lazy susan

  8. cristiano on June 3rd, 2009 at 5:51 pm:

    AWESOME pic!!

  9. Clara / IAM:meltbanana on June 3rd, 2009 at 5:57 pm:

    AMAZING pics.
    this girl is lovely and the photographer si great,

  10. London on June 3rd, 2009 at 6:05 pm:

    flawlesssss

  11. iris on June 3rd, 2009 at 6:23 pm:

    i. completeley. love. this.

    <3

  12. VOMIT on June 3rd, 2009 at 6:29 pm:

    This is beautiful!!! But her face looks terrifying in the first photo hahahaha

  13. Scott on June 3rd, 2009 at 6:38 pm:

    Beautiful photo and beautiful suspension. I’m thinking “side sleeper”

  14. BlueStar on June 3rd, 2009 at 7:11 pm:

    Sui-side?
    *snicker*

  15. ara on June 3rd, 2009 at 7:30 pm:

    Wow, those photos are great. As for a name, the first position reminds me a lot of Renaissance sculpture, so maybe it could have a name along that theme? How about the Pieta?

  16. brionna. on June 3rd, 2009 at 8:47 pm:

    These are fantastic.

  17. Diva on June 3rd, 2009 at 9:20 pm:

    who doesn’t like hot naked chicks on hooks?

  18. Xenobiologista on June 3rd, 2009 at 9:55 pm:

    How about “pinup”? (in more ways than one)

    @ara: she’s not really in the same position as dead Jesus in most Pieta paintings though. I think that would be more like hooks in the chest + knees, face up.

  19. ferrariguy1988 on June 3rd, 2009 at 9:59 pm:

    i need to get me one of those

  20. Becca on June 3rd, 2009 at 11:05 pm:

    #7 “how about the lazy susan?”
    I shit you not, that was the EXACT and I mean EXACT same thing I thought when I saw it. That was probably the weirdest thing ever. Looove it! Let’s collaborate haha.

    P.S. This suspension is the shit. She’s gorgeous and the makeup and settings are fantastic.

  21. Briny Deep on June 3rd, 2009 at 11:09 pm:

    the fetal beetle.

  22. Shaolin Fox on June 3rd, 2009 at 11:36 pm:

    Wow……

    This is one of those times where the suspension totally takes on an art form, in every way possible. Thank-you for posting this, really.

  23. Ego Kornus on June 3rd, 2009 at 11:55 pm:

    Till now nobody comes up with Stelarc.

  24. Piercing Pete on June 3rd, 2009 at 11:59 pm:

    Fucking awesome.
    Some of the best suspension pics I have ever seen!!!

  25. goldust on June 4th, 2009 at 3:26 am:

    that’s make sense))

  26. jayd on June 4th, 2009 at 5:28 am:

    this is exactly what i come on here to see, so amazing thanks x

  27. Weblet on June 4th, 2009 at 6:05 am:

    That is really sexy

  28. Auxo on June 4th, 2009 at 6:07 am:

    wonderful, thanks for sharing!

  29. lauren on June 4th, 2009 at 6:47 am:

    her right eye looks way weird in the top photo but they are stunning pictures!

  30. zoe on June 4th, 2009 at 8:26 am:

    Wow shes beautiful! Traditional beauty with a twist! <3

  31. Almaxaquotal on June 4th, 2009 at 10:12 am:

    These are great photos but her facial expression is really off-putting in the first one! The third pic is stunning - I love the way you can’t see the wires, so she is just floating there - very supernatural! :)

  32. TeenageMutantKillerTomato on June 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am:

    Yes.

  33. matthew on June 4th, 2009 at 10:42 am:

    Hands down, these are the most beautiful pictures I have ever seen of a suspension. Truly artistic!

  34. Beth on June 4th, 2009 at 10:47 am:

    Wow beautiful!

  35. La Negra on June 4th, 2009 at 11:35 am:

    amazing shots

    red arms/legs are my favs
    fantastic!!

  36. rooo on June 4th, 2009 at 12:08 pm:

    very beautiful!
    cinematographic!

  37. dee on June 4th, 2009 at 6:06 pm:

    oh my, this is sosososo gorgeous

  38. JustJen on June 4th, 2009 at 8:01 pm:

    These are fantastic!!
    *drool*

  39. Ethan on June 4th, 2009 at 10:16 pm:

    The photos are amazing. Higher resolution would be wonderful.
    I do find the bmezine.com / daniel riedel text remarkably obtrusive, kind of destroying the feel of the pictures for me. I know attribution is important blah blah, but it just makes me completely unable to get into the pictures. it’s sort of like being yanked out of suspension of disbelief when you’re watching an awesome movie. kind of ruins it.

  40. bellyflowers on June 5th, 2009 at 2:38 pm:

    I agree with the name pin-up! It also reminds me of the circus ribbon dancing. These pictures are wonderful!

  41. Isis pt on June 5th, 2009 at 3:59 pm:

    absolutely gorgeous

  42. nope on June 8th, 2009 at 12:58 am:

    i love everything about these photographs… except that i keep clicking them and they don’t get bigger.

  43. Stormchaser on June 14th, 2009 at 3:54 pm:

    GREAT!!!!!

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