A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Rattle Some Chains


Up top? That’s Cory, who sends in a set of photos shot by his friend, Brian Gurnee. The train tracks you see are allegedly haunted by The Hookerman, though luckily, neither Cory nor Brian were, what, hooked? Hookered? Either way, glad you’re safe, gents.

More shots, after the jump.

(Hand tattoos by Sean Behrman at Loyalty Ink in Roxbury, New Jersey. Knuckle tattoos (BEAT DOWN) by Spaz at Eternal Buzz in Maryland. Neck Tattoo by Greg D. at Forever Fate.)

Comments

34 responses to “Rattle Some Chains”

  1. Random. Avatar

    Oh Mr. Victorious

  2. swoon Avatar
  3. laSt_duDe Avatar
    laSt_duDe

    is that a butterfly at his throat? whatever it is i like the look. and btw the pics are great 😉

  4. audente Avatar
    audente

    Looks to me like a Death’s Head moth ala Silence of the Lambs. Love the color on these, almost hurts my eyes to look at them. In a good way.

  5. nickels Avatar
    nickels

    i remember seeing the moth on here when it first got done!
    it looks so bad ass!!
    i especially like it when you can see his entire look, gives the full effect.
    i honestly didn’t think id like it.. boy was i wrong.
    🙂

  6. Bill Avatar
    Bill

    wow, nice colors! Are they HDR shots?

  7. Banana Bread Avatar
    Banana Bread

    Love your skeleton hands and nice hair!

  8. CoryVictorious Avatar

    thanks people 🙂 and jordan, i love the tag “hearty beards”

  9. mutumbo Avatar
    mutumbo

    dude, SWEET!

  10. j Avatar
    j

    i dont think they’re HDR’s, just oversaturated. my head hurts while looking at them.

  11. spookybeck Avatar
    spookybeck

    ahhh, nothing like spikydos in the country on inked boys.
    that’s the stuff!

  12. mango zombie Avatar
    mango zombie

    Def oversaturated. Cory, you really don’t need to tweak the colors to look good.

  13. Brian Avatar

    I didn’t oversaturate any of the photos as much as any of you may think… I bought more black into them for tones and bought other things down a bit, also tweaked the shades/shadows/clarity. And for these shots I was going for the HDR feel – with out using that program.
    Thanks to anyone who likes them though 🙂

  14. dean farrar Avatar
    dean farrar

    hand and neak tattoos nothing else getting alot of these

  15. Bunson Avatar

    pretty tight… but waaay to colorful

  16. Marc Avatar

    are those finger bones?

  17. Aviram Avatar
    Aviram

    what’s with the cross ? what the hell that piece of crap got to do with the picture.

  18. cellar_door Avatar

    Ohhh Corey’s beard <3

  19. CoryVictorious Avatar

    aviram – we used it as a focal point for the shoot. im not religious, im atheist actually, but to me i could have been holding anything in my hand.

    marc – yes they are. ive always really wanted skeleton hands.

  20. Laura Avatar
    Laura

    Absolutely gorgeous.

    The photos aren’t bad either 😉

  21. Samantha Avatar
    Samantha

    Beautiful!
    And I actually really love the colors. ^_^

  22. goldust Avatar

    Great pictures! So colorfull!

  23. Diva Avatar
    Diva

    I think Cory looks better without the beard!

    Sexy neck moth. 🙂

  24. cookie Avatar
    cookie

    Sweet super saturated scenester hell!!!

  25. person Avatar
    person

    i happen to know it’s illegal to be on railroad tracks… I received a nice fine from a police officer one time for “federal trespassing” ::wags finger at non-law-abiding citizens:: haha

  26. Brian Avatar

    person – really? haha these tracks aren’t in use (anymore) that either one of us are really aware of, at least in all the years being in this town i’ve never really seen a running train on them, but who knows? maybe we were lucky.

    thanks to everyone who likes the photos and gave their opinions though!

    and Cory – I think you, the tattooist and myself got some decent exposure with these 🙂

  27. doda Avatar
    doda

    sigh still with that insanely long crack nail, cory?

    and nice dunks. can’t fault a dude in nikes.

  28. nepenthes Avatar
    nepenthes

    tracks are rarely totally “abandoned”. even after years of disuse they are still owned by the rail company or whoever they leased right-of-way to. technically though it’s only trespassing if you’ve been asked to leave and subsequently refuse, but bulls are pretty much the worst cops i’ve ever encountered and love to throw fines and jail time around like it’s going out of style.

  29. CoryVictorious Avatar

    #25 – wow thats the first time i’ve ever been called scene…

  30. CoryVictorious Avatar

    #28 – you cant see it but all of my nails are that long. i like having long nails.

  31. Jessorz Avatar

    haha. hookered.

    that is one sexy man right there.

  32. Aviram Avatar
    Aviram

    CoryVictorious – ahm, cool.
    other that that, it looks amazing, these pictures went through photoshop ?
    i mean, any efects were used ?
    sorry for bitching in my previous post 🙂

  33. Nate Avatar
    Nate

    No, these pictures were not photoshopped. They’re clearly straight out of the camera

  34. Tranque Avatar
    Tranque

    Whether or not they’re HDR’s, shopped, or what have you, I can’t even really focus on the man and his mods..the colors are so varied and intense it’s confusing and hurtful to look at. They’re pretty, but I think the photos were sort of ruined by the power of the color..it makes any detail hard to focus on.:/

    The boy is cute, though, from what I can tell..

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