FASHION influences can be found everywhere... in the whimsical beauty of a child's laughter, the subtlety and shape of a rose, or even a crime scene...
If you haven't by now, meet Melanie Pullen. LA based Pullen, is known for her "High Fashion Crime Scenes" photography. Part morbid, part fabulous, these photos are inspired by actual vintage crime scene photos.
"Pullen herself has noted that she takes aim at society's glamorization of violent acts and crimes by literally redressing what are deeply disturbing events. To create High Fashion Crime Scenes Pullen at times enlisted the help of up to sixty people per shoot: set builders, makeup artists, models, stylists, and stunt crew among others. Her models have included actresses Rachel Miner and Juliet Lewis. Many important fashion houses have lent or donated clothes and jewelry for shoots, among them Prada, Bvgari, Gucci and Chanel".
Can't get enough of these couture crime scenes? Check out more of Melanie Pullen's work here and then order yourself a Pullen inspired t-shirt by Harlow here.pics via: ace gallery
17 lovely comments:
creepy yet beautiful, great post!
this is amazing. she is a such a visionary, i wish i lived in los angeles to see these for myself at her gallery. thank you for posting these, although they are a bit vulgar, thats exactlly the beauty of them.
ah yes... i love pullen's work. it's beautiful and macabre, and they really wouln't work without fashion. i keep thinking about your post about how fashion affects everyone who wakes up in the morning, some how i see these two posts as being related. i don't know how to articulate this but for some reason being fabulously dressed has a necessary function for the living, but is entirely futile for the dead.
at the nan kempner:american chic opening, harold koda was talking about how emotional it was for nan's famliy to edit out her wardrobe... because, he said "clothing is a facsimile of the person".
interesting stuff.
Member when ANTM did a shoot like this a couple cycles ago? They got such a backlash from viewers, and here is someone who has a made a career out of it.
I (personally)think it's too much. It's just pictures, I know, 'fashion is fun' and what not, but women are already portrayed in vulnerable, and weak positions by the media. This takes it further making violence against women acceptable.
I too love Pullen's work. I saw a segment of her work on some tv show a while back and was completely drawn in. It's such a weird combination but it works.
Beautiful but disturbing. I am not so sure I agree with the idea of re-dressing old crime scene photos...seems to exploit the victims of those crimes a little.
creepy but so intriguing.
It reminds me of that one America's Next Top Model shoot where they were strangled, drowned,etc.
but this one is obviously soo much better.
d photography's amazing! but the theme.. is jus plain disturbing!! esp the one whr the model
s hanging by her neck! wonder wht she might haf thought!
these photo's have got you guys talking! i suppose that is what art is meant to do. I don't believe pullen meant it as a blatent explotation of women, rather than showing how society glorifies violence... but in a shocking way. the hanging photo is called Prada, and the second is Half Prada. check out the rest of her work, including the barrell series.
i'm so excited you're coming to the west coast!
: )
I'm not sure to be scared or amazed...both, the pictures are hauntingly gorgeous...
hey!! thanks for yr comment!! haha went to look at d website and u were right!! those were so cute!!! haha! btw, i've added some pics frm d web!!
love!
I've known about her for so long and also think she's fabulous!
great post!!
sublime!
i know is scary but i actually love the photos.
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