Terrifying Portraits of Indonesia’s Street-Performing Macaques
“Terror often stems not from the unknown, but from something familiar that has been subtly – but unmistakably – transformed. This certainly helps explain why Finnish photographer Perttu Saksa’s series, “A Kind of You”, is so unsettling. Saksa, a portrait photographer by trade, was appalled when, traveling in Jakarta in 2012, he first caught sight of macaque monkeys that had been manacled and forced into roles as “actors” in street performances. In the fall of last year, with the help of an Indonesian journalist, Saksa began investigating people known as “monkey masters” – entrepreneurs who train and rent monkeys to beggars. Continue reading »
Terrifying Clickers Cosplay from ‘The Last of Us’
In ‘The Last of Us’, humans have to survive in a post-apocalyptic United States. You have to avoid humans infected with a fungus—and they look downright scary. Cosplayer Emma Franks looks exactly like one; they’re known as Clickers. Absolutely amazing makeup by artist JWBeyond. Total cost of materials for this shoot was £49. Photos by Innershadows Photography. Continue reading »
