Part of the startling, haunted In Rooms series by American photographer and model Brittany Markert, Wake Up, Wake Up, shows a woman (Brittany herself) peacefully asleep in a sunlight room. Hovering above and seemingly emanating from the dreaming figure is a blurred, enlarged astral projection or doppelganger, with a hand clutching the base of the neck and the face contorted in what could be either sexual ecstasy or the distress felt upon waking from a particularly troubling nightmare.
Wake Up, Wake Up, was recently shown at the Magica Sexualis exhibition at the Stephen Romano gallery in New York, another exhibition (see Rituals) highlighting the connection between art and the occult. Influenced by the Surrealists (the work of Francesca Woodman would also appear to be a touchstone), the ritualistic, hallucinatory nature of the photographs of In Rooms suggest a knowledge of certain aspects of the esoteric.
I love haunting photos like this! Feels so otherworldly
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Thank you…I feature a lot of black and white photography on the site, usually from the 1930’s but sometimes I see something new and think this is just perfect. i aim for the otherworldly so thank you for commenting.
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Oh sweet! Vintage photos are so full of character and story.
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Thank you….indeed they are. Well I hope you enjoy my posts on photography.
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Very spooky: the night rider and ghostly / ghastly presence. That’s why I sleep with my faithful Teddy Bear. “From things that go bump in the night …”
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Thank you roger, you know I have a thing for the mysterious, haunted, ghostly presence. I remember that walter de La mare was described as someone so haunted he became a ghost in while still alive.
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A bit like Dai Morris then?
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Yes, sometimes I feel quite ghostly. writers are never really there in the here and now are they?
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Dai Morris was never quite in the here and now either. Hence his nickname.
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Is it any place to be, the here and now? I wonder sometimes
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Nothing wrong with the here and now. It’s the reality we live and observe. We escape from it when we write and dream. Without the here and now from which to flee, we would have no reason to dream.
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Very true Roger, I must remember this.
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Ummm, great. This does not help with my ease of sleep. 😳
I like it though. Creepy and cool.
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Sorry I will some with the bad sleep stuff
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No, I like it. I was just kidding, Mr. Cake. 😊
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Thank you Vic
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This is pretty cool. Does remind you of Woodman. I can’t imagine sleeping through that nightmare…
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The aim of most occultism is to wake up from the dream that is life.
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Well, at the moment, that sounds like a grand idea.
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Hmmm you don’t sound so sure
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Oh I’m sure!!!
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good…my mystic plan is working
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I knew there was a plan at work.
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I was thinking of a master plan.
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With charts and maps and timelines? I have a vision of you in a dark, tower room in an old manor house, torch sconces on the walls, huddled over a long wooden table lit by candle light, scribbling on parchment with a quill pen dipped in … All right, sorry I’m getting carried away.
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Maybe a little but I like it. If only it was a reality
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I know.
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Dreaming
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Ooo must check more of this work out 🙂
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Please do. She has a website and this features the In Rooms series.
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Thank you, Cake!
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No problem.
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A great photograph… I see the doppelganger. Her face shows despair, so I think the second interpretation (nightmare) makes much sense. 😉
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Yes it does show despair or fear… thank you for commenting.
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