Photograph by Chema Madoz, from Madrid. Madoz has several books of his work published, some of which are available on Amazon.

Post title borrowed from William Burrough’s ‘Ah Pook‘. Not sure what the actual title of the photo is, if any.

I found the above image posted randomly on a forum I was aimlessly browsing one night. I instantly decided it was pure genius, but there was no information with the picture to help me identify it.

I tried all kinds of searches, but let’s face it - how do you even begin?

Then, weeks later, I stumbled upon the identity of it’s creator: Check out this Wired Magazine article on Charlie White’s photography.

The weird looking fellow is Joshua.

Charlie White photographs vulnerability.

Using a humanoid puppet he calls “complete fragility manifest in a body,” White presents human frailty through a fictional character, much as a novelist might.

As White tells Jacki Lyden for Weekend All Things Considered, his puppet, called Joshua, helps him to explore the themes of male self-image and self-loathing. White places Joshua in a series of vulnerable situations — at a cocktail party or a lover’s house — and photographs the scene.

The above info and more photos featuring Joshua can be found here.

here’s another of the strongest Joshua images I found - the one at the top of the page is fascinating in it’s energy and that’s-wrong-I’m-sure-of-it-but-I-don’t-even-know-what’s-going-on-ness but the one below hits all the aims outlined in the text above - self loathing, human frailty, vulnerability… it stays with you in a very haunting kind of way.

Found this on The Daily Snap and just liked it.

dailysnap.com is jessyel ty gonzalez’s life in photographs

jessyel is a freelance photographer who splits his time between denver and los angeles.
he is available for hire at your disposal.

Oh and in case you missed it, several of the windows are broken to form tetris block shapes…