“Cupid and Centaur” by Joel-Peter Witkin (1992)

(un)Naturally, we can’t have Centaur Week without posting one of Joel-Peter Witkin‘s most famous works, riffing off the classical Greek “Kentauros & Eros” motif…


“Cupid and Centaur” by Joel-Peter Witkin (1992)

(Preaching to the choir, here, but) Is there another photographer living whose sublime darkroom necromancy conveys quite the same level of beauty, horror, ferocity, compassion, grace and grotesquerie as Witkin’s? Doubtful.

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One Response to ““Cupid and Centaur” by Joel-Peter Witkin (1992)”

  1. functiontelechy Says:

    I feel dirty linking this, but I still giggle every time I think of the word “augbesian”.

    http://www.hulu.com/watch/275088/saturday-night-live-centaur-job-interview