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.

All Darkness Near


Really beautiful set of photos here featuring the lovely Samar, who is no stranger to the ol’ ModBlog, with a suspension-assist by Erik Dakota and Andrea Costantino, who did the eight eight-gauge piercings involved here. Do we have a name for this variation yet? If not, well, think on it, ModBloggers. In the meantime, more pictures are just after the jump.

(Photos taken at The Armory in San Francisco by Daniel Riedel.)

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Comments

43 responses to “All Darkness Near”

  1. molly Avatar
    molly

    these are amazing to say the least

  2. javiera Avatar
    javiera

    !estupendo!

  3. Mechanic-Organic Avatar
    Mechanic-Organic

    What phenomenal photography! The model, setting, lighting, mood… all of it is stored nicely in the TOP drawer!

  4. Adam Avatar
    Adam

    wow

  5. Tyler Avatar

    pretty fucking great!!!

  6. Sunshine Avatar
    Sunshine

    Sweet, i love these photos. And she’s just beautiful, really.

  7. big jazz Avatar
    big jazz

    how about the lazy susan

  8. cristiano Avatar
    cristiano

    AWESOME pic!!

  9. Clara / IAM:meltbanana Avatar

    AMAZING pics.
    this girl is lovely and the photographer si great,

  10. London Avatar

    flawlesssss

  11. iris Avatar
    iris

    i. completeley. love. this.

    <3

  12. VOMIT Avatar

    This is beautiful!!! But her face looks terrifying in the first photo hahahaha

  13. Scott Avatar
    Scott

    Beautiful photo and beautiful suspension. I’m thinking “side sleeper”

  14. BlueStar Avatar

    Sui-side?
    *snicker*

  15. ara Avatar

    Wow, those photos are great. As for a name, the first position reminds me a lot of Renaissance sculpture, so maybe it could have a name along that theme? How about the Pieta?

  16. brionna. Avatar

    These are fantastic.

  17. Diva Avatar
    Diva

    who doesn’t like hot naked chicks on hooks?

  18. Xenobiologista Avatar

    How about “pinup”? (in more ways than one)

    @ara: she’s not really in the same position as dead Jesus in most Pieta paintings though. I think that would be more like hooks in the chest + knees, face up.

  19. ferrariguy1988 Avatar
    ferrariguy1988

    i need to get me one of those

  20. Becca Avatar
    Becca

    #7 “how about the lazy susan?”
    I shit you not, that was the EXACT and I mean EXACT same thing I thought when I saw it. That was probably the weirdest thing ever. Looove it! Let’s collaborate haha.

    P.S. This suspension is the shit. She’s gorgeous and the makeup and settings are fantastic.

  21. Briny Deep Avatar
    Briny Deep

    the fetal beetle.

  22. Shaolin Fox Avatar

    Wow……

    This is one of those times where the suspension totally takes on an art form, in every way possible. Thank-you for posting this, really.

  23. Ego Kornus Avatar

    Till now nobody comes up with Stelarc.

  24. Piercing Pete Avatar

    Fucking awesome.
    Some of the best suspension pics I have ever seen!!!

  25. goldust Avatar

    that’s make sense))

  26. jayd Avatar
    jayd

    this is exactly what i come on here to see, so amazing thanks x

  27. Weblet Avatar
    Weblet

    That is really sexy

  28. Auxo Avatar

    wonderful, thanks for sharing!

  29. lauren Avatar
    lauren

    her right eye looks way weird in the top photo but they are stunning pictures!

  30. zoe Avatar
    zoe

    Wow shes beautiful! Traditional beauty with a twist! <3

  31. Almaxaquotal Avatar

    These are great photos but her facial expression is really off-putting in the first one! The third pic is stunning – I love the way you can’t see the wires, so she is just floating there – very supernatural! 🙂

  32. TeenageMutantKillerTomato Avatar
    TeenageMutantKillerTomato

    Yes.

  33. matthew Avatar
    matthew

    Hands down, these are the most beautiful pictures I have ever seen of a suspension. Truly artistic!

  34. Beth Avatar

    Wow beautiful!

  35. La Negra Avatar

    amazing shots

    red arms/legs are my favs
    fantastic!!

  36. rooo Avatar
    rooo

    very beautiful!
    cinematographic!

  37. dee Avatar

    oh my, this is sosososo gorgeous

  38. JustJen Avatar

    These are fantastic!!
    *drool*

  39. Ethan Avatar
    Ethan

    The photos are amazing. Higher resolution would be wonderful.
    I do find the bmezine.com / daniel riedel text remarkably obtrusive, kind of destroying the feel of the pictures for me. I know attribution is important blah blah, but it just makes me completely unable to get into the pictures. it’s sort of like being yanked out of suspension of disbelief when you’re watching an awesome movie. kind of ruins it.

  40. bellyflowers Avatar
    bellyflowers

    I agree with the name pin-up! It also reminds me of the circus ribbon dancing. These pictures are wonderful!

  41. Isis pt Avatar
    Isis pt

    absolutely gorgeous

  42. nope Avatar
    nope

    i love everything about these photographs… except that i keep clicking them and they don’t get bigger.

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