In Rooms by Brittany Markert

In Rooms it's a Photo Diary by Brittany Markert an analog photographer, director & cinematographer located in Brooklyn, New York.
quote [In-Rooms, her current photography project, utilizes the confined and often anonymous space of a room to spotlight the emotional and surreal aspects of the human experience. Growing up, she had a fascination with abandoned buildings and hotel rooms, intrigued by the mysterious histories and the various characters that had once occupied it. Her portraits and narratives similarly channel the history of emotion and multitude of personalities that exists within each of her subjects].

[Previously: Brittany Markert Photography]

Part 4 of Real sex in mainstream movies

One year after Part 3 of Real sex in mainstream movies here we are again with a new selection of 8 mainstream movies featuring real sex. And here's the whole thing.

Embedded in one page:

The Man-Eater with Loredana Cannata
Extremism Breaks My Balls with Scarlett Anderson
Nymphomaniac by Lars von Trier with Charlotte Gainsbourg [the thumbnail]
The Band by Anna Brownfield
Gandu by Q
Hotel Desire by Sergej Moya with Saralisa Volm
Love Actually Sucks by Scud with Linda So
The Bunny Game by Adam Rehmeier with Rodleen Getsic

Vlad Kenner: ad libitum

Ad libitum or "Raw Truth with a Touch of elegance" is a great photography blog by NY based photographer Vlad Kenner. There's a great series of "hotel room" themed photos with some of my favourite models like Kyanite, Aiya Campbell and two of my muses: Cam Damage and Jane Doe!!!
[Previously: Vlad Kenner Photography - Jane Doe - Cam Damage]

DEVOUR by SCUMSUX featuring Faye Reagan

Oh yes, i have a new kind of fetish for SCUMSUX short movies. Shocking, provocatives, disturbing, surreal and weird: I always can't stoo watching SCUMSUX works.
The new one, DEVOUR also is featuring Faye Reagan, the US star also known as Faye Valentine.
What to say about DEVOUR? Just a pun production note: "...according to the homeowner of the location we burned the bible(s) at, after we left, all through the night and the next day, bizarre things started happening to the point where they are now staying in a hotel to wait it out"...
[Previously: SPARKLE by SCUMSUX]

The Hairy Staircase

The Hairy Staircase: your most nightmarish staircase exists. The installation was created by Jessica Wohl in the abandoned Mountainaire Hotel, Hot Springs, Arkansas.
(via BuzzFeed)

Nathalie Daoust Photography

Nathalie Daoust’s latest project, Tokyo Hotel Story, continues her exploration of female sexuality and subversion of gender stereotypes. Spending several months in the Alpha In, one of the biggest S&M “love hotels” in Japan, Daoust photographed 39 women in their private rooms, surrounded by the specialist equipment and dressed in the regalia that define their trade. Her work takes the view beyond taboos while showing the universal human desire to escape reality and create fantasy worlds that often oscillate between dream, reality and perversion.

Celebrity and Sex Tapes

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Natacha Merritt’s new book: Sexual Selection

Waited so long, but finally... Natacha Merritt’s new book, Sexual Selection will be released on 7th May and you can actually pre-order it now at Bongout Editions.

Merritt’s first book Digital Diaries has been credited as the first ever digital photography artbook, published by Taschen in 2002 and selling 300,000 copies. She returns with a Master’s degree in Insect Biology and a new book Sexual Selection, where she juxtaposes and compares the reproductive world of insects, plants and humans through the medium of photography and her own unique and voyeuristic style.

The introduction is written by renowned photographer and artist Richard Prince.
In 2000, Natacha Merritt released Digital-Diaries (Taschen), the first ever book to feature exclusively digital photography. What was the 21 year old San Francisco native photographing? Her sex life with her friends, masturbating with and without accessories, in bed, in the shower, in hotel rooms, from every imaginable angle and with the camera usually at arm’s length. Digital-Diaries allowed the reader a no-holds-barred insight into Merritt’s fantasies, desires, exploits and realities.

Merritt’s new book Sexual Selection is in many ways even more captivating.

Madonna Nude Photo Leak

quote [A set of Madonna nude photos were leaked online on October 2011. The pictures were taken by photographer Steven Klein at the Hotel Gloria in Rio de Janeiro during a photo shoot for W Magazine in December 2008. The new Madonna nude pics show the then-50-year-old singer with no make-up, in a blonde wig, black underwear and a transparent and a see-through bra as she sits on a couch. Another shot shows her nude reflection in a mirror as she changes into a black dress. The photos were taken around the time that Madonna was romantically linked to Brazilian model Jesus Luz].
[Previously on... Madonna at Unscathed Corpse]

Slow-mo Glitter Spank

A Phantom slow motion movie by Photography Factory. More here.
[Previously: Locked in a Vegas Hotel Room with a Phantom Flex]

Patrick Hoelck (updated)

Patrick Hoelck recently released a book of Polaroids entitled Polaroid Hotel, the book signing and exhibition enjoyed great success being hosted by LEADAPRON, curated by OH WOW, and receiving praise from Art in America. Hoelck currently lives and works between Los Angeles and New York City and continues to shoot for clients all over the world as well as expand upon his body of fine art.
[Previously: Patrick Hoelck Photography]

Locked in a Vegas Hotel Room with a Phantom Flex

quote [Violating the laws of nature. Playing God. Capturing stuff we are not supposed to see. Potentially opening up a wormhole in the fabric of time. These are a few of the things I think about while shooting with a Phantom High Speed Digital Cinema camera. The above video is a bunch of test footage I shot to get familiar with the new “Flex” version. I shot inside my Las Vegas Palms Casino hotel room between the hours of 2am and 6am. If you had a Phantom in your bedroom, you would stay up too!].

Lights Out

quote [Ah, the ol’ creepy little girl in the hotel corridor gag. Works every time].
(via The Daily What)

Love Land Invaders

quote [Artist duo Ralph Lagoi & Kate Lace introduced us to their latest project called Love Land Invaders. Love Land Invaders was shot in Japan’s stunningly decorated love hotel rooms. This fashion-art photo-series is a medley between masks, jewelry, clothing and ribbons which they designed especially for the event. Everything came together to become “luxurious pop”: vibrant colors, iconic characters and visual lust].
(via 40fakes)

12 Beautiful Famous Castles in Canada

LINK Don't get why, but i've always been fascinated by castles... quote [All twelve of these beautiful famous castles in Canada are open to the public. Many of the these castle like buildings were constructed as hotels for the Canadian Pacific Railway and other railroads to entice wealthy tourists to travel along the railroads through Canada. A few of the castles were constructed as government buildings to house legislators and the rest were contructed as homes by wealthy Canadians. All twelve of these beautiful famous castles in Canada are great sites to visit and see. One of the castle like hotels is the most photographed hotel in the world].
[Thumbnail: Chateau Frontenac in Quebec]
[Previously: Castles of the World]

CrAZyBaBe by Bob Coulter

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The Stories Of Hotel Rooms In China

LINK What Happened In That Hotel Room You Stayed In?
(via High On Sex)
[More hotels at Unscathed Corpse]

World's Weirdest Hotels

LINK quote [A refurbished 1965 Boeing 727 airframe—which looks as if it crashed into the Costa Rican jungle—is now part of the Hotel Costa Verde].

Bruce and Emma Willis: Honeymoon Hotel

LINK quote [For years Bruce Willis vowed he’d never marry again. Then the movie star met sizzling Emma Heming, and she changed his mind—and his life].

Do It Yourself: Handmade Guitar Picks

LINK quote [Handmade guitar picks. Most are made from old plastic cards (gift cards, credit cards, hotel room keys, etc.) Other materials are cardboard, "Handi Snacks" stick, CD, Toshiba laptop, and plastic packaging. I trace a store bought pick with an ultra fine sharpie, cut them out with scissors (for plastic), and sand the edges with an emery board. The metal ones are more complicated].
(via Andy's Blog)