Beskrivning
A fascinating insight into the strange world of collectors of the macabre, Morbid Curiosities features 18 unique collections and an extensive interview with each collector, explaining how and why they collect, and showcasing the most remarkable pieces from each collection.
The collections include skulls, mummified body parts, taxidermy, occult objects and various carnival, and side-show and criminal ephemera. Detailed captions tell the curious stories behind each object, many of which are being shown outside the private world of their collections for the first time.
Here you will meet Ryan and Regina who collect shrunken heads, Nathan Roberts who has hundreds of letters from serial killers, Brandon Hodge who has the world’s biggest collection of Ouija Boards and many more. Author Paul Gambino says of the collectors, they could come from “a realm that seems far removed from their reality and populated by a fascinating group of people that appear to have stepped directly from Lord Byron’s gothic dinner party in the summer of 1816.”
Morbid Curiosities includes stunning, specially commissioned photography of both the individual objects and the context of how the collector exhibits their work, forming a unique showcase of the bizarre and the intriguing.
På engelska.
Titel: Morbid Curiosities – Collections of the Uncommon and the Bizarre
Författare: Paul Gambino
Format: Inbunden
Antal sidor: 208
Utgiven: 2016
ISBN: 9781780678665
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