I’ve had an Annie Lennox song in my head for two days..  the lyrics “desire, despair, desire, despair, so many monsters” are circling in my brain. And lest you think I’m about to throw myself off the Brooklyn Bridge, this is actually a good sign.

What, what, you ask? Yep, it’s because I can’t get Marni Horvitz‘s images off my mind, in particular her series Desire Despair: Pictures from the Czech Republic.

Horvitz isn’t just good at naming her projects; the images fit the titles perfectly. These are washed-out, haunting, film-still worthy pictures. Take a look:

Her muted use of color works incredibly well, too– it always serves a purpose. It’s hard to make a project work with both b&w and color imagery.

I love the red skin / pale skin crucifix.

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