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.

Plenty of places to hitch a rope to…

Raze had this shot taken by Outlaw Posters Ink (which sells posters and prints, including this photo), with the work being done by Sean Dowdell, Burni Elis, and Matthew Martyr at Club Tattoo in Tempe, AZ.

PS. Attaching rope to surface work with any force is a bad idea so don’t think I’m seriously suggesting that!

Comments

38 responses to “Plenty of places to hitch a rope to…”

  1. sneezy Avatar
    sneezy

    that is amazingly hot….

  2. Funky91 Avatar

    Nice!
    the cool thign is that it looks heald,

    lol ducked-tape on braest XD

  3. Bejron Avatar
    Bejron

    Amazing photo !!
    I’m heading over ready to buy..

  4. Bejron Avatar
    Bejron

    Or maybe not.. 180$ is a bit steep imho..

  5. toast Avatar

    Bad idea? Absolutely. Hot idea? Abso-fuckin’-lutely.

    Thanks to all involved for the images, real & also derivative mental extrapolations.

  6. Ghobian Avatar

    Pretty ( : And for the record, prints start at $25.

  7. Lane Jensen Avatar

    I big WAYNE’S WORLD (SHAAAAAWWWWWIIIIIINNNNNGGG!!!!!!)

  8. chr_st_ne Avatar

    not to burst anyone’s bubble, but i assume there was some heavy photoshopping here.

  9. Bejron Avatar
    Bejron

    7 Posters are available at 20$ a piece, 34 Photographic Prints are available at 25$ piece and 23 Archival prints are available at 180$ a piece.

    The above picture is only available as photographic print and archival print. And 14″ h. x 11″ w is to small for my taste.

    Just to clear things up..

  10. Josh Avatar
    Josh

    Reminds me of Björk’s ‘All Is Full of Love’ music video, for some reason.

    Beautiful photo, though.

  11. lala Avatar
    lala

    It’s beautiful.

  12. Sitara Avatar
    Sitara

    Such a beautiful picture. People looks so beautiful in blue light, in my opinion (or with a photoshopped blue hue, however it has to be done!)

  13. pierced_wolf2006 Avatar

    omg… that really is rather sexy.
    i so want to get some of the little slave rinfs for my surface piercings…
    they just look so sexy on everything in my opinion lol
    xxxx

  14. sean Avatar

    we did these piercings and there is no “photoshopping” of the piercings, yes we played with the back ground but the piercings are exactly what you see,

  15. verucassault Avatar
    verucassault

    Lovely photo!

  16. jessica Avatar

    somehow i dont believe they healed this well without any photoshopping.

  17. toast Avatar

    yeah but this time it’s pretty inarguably crossed the line from documentation to art – it’s even presented here as mod related art, not as mods simply for mods’ sakes, and so editing out a little disolouration really does wonders for it as an image.

  18. CreativeNonFiction Avatar

    I first saw it only from neck up and thought, “what rings?” But upon scrolling down could only think, “fucking beautiful.” Great picture, and great work.

  19. My_Own_Nightmare Avatar

    Oh man…that’s really hot!

  20. BelowTheSurface Avatar
    BelowTheSurface

    definitely a wonderfully taken photograph

  21. Raze Avatar

    RE: Jessica
    The picture is not of healed piercings. These, along with many other girls were pierced, and either decorated with interesting jewelry (like Casey here) or corsetted (like the ones on the Outlaw website, and the ones featured before).
    There was no discoloration of the skin, the only thing they may have done is smudge some blemishes, and added a blue hue (because her make up was blue, as were her panties).

  22. Belle Avatar
    Belle

    Does anybody else get the feeling that she is just floating weightless in water? An absolutely lovely picture.

  23. Masticate Avatar

    I like teh piture, and I like the piercings… Nice camera and photoshop when it comes to lighting and the colors in the pic.

    The warning at the bottom made me crack up, you cant be serious you actually need such a disclaimer.

  24. Krynn Avatar
    Krynn

    That’s such a beautiful picture.

  25. goomy Avatar

    I also had the feeling that she is floating in water, and it just makes the picture more beautiful.

  26. Elfling Avatar
    Elfling

    That’s such a beautiful picture- seconded. Wow.

  27. yourpamphleteer Avatar

    She looks kind of weirdly shaped in this picture.

  28. Roskow Avatar

    yay matty- youre my hero! 🙂

  29. choice Avatar
    choice

    i’m likely the only one here who fears her ever putting a shirt on due it tearing at her mods..

  30. CreativeNonFiction Avatar

    I agree choice, she should never put a shirt on.

  31. av3ry Avatar
    av3ry

    Gorgeous.

  32. wish_I_were_a_dragon... Avatar

    that looks so awesome 😛

  33. lilish Avatar
    lilish

    They look so elegant

  34. kaylee Avatar
    kaylee

    and perfect

  35. Dawn Avatar

    Delicious. lol.

  36. CutThroat Avatar

    I’m not even a fan of Club Tattoo. In fact, in some areas I’m the opposite, but this is fucking nice.

    Good work!

  37. Scott Ward Avatar
    Scott Ward

    I am the only body-mod artist in Trinidad. Trini people don’t really know about extreem body piercings, so that means i don’t see girls like this every day. I think i’m in love. Good jod to the piercing artist!!

  38. L1ZZARD Avatar

    Wow. That’s pretty nifty.

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