Addendum: Hat tips to reader Artur for identifying the photographer, and to The Dour Salmon for noting that this tableau vivant "skull" was incorporated into publicity posters for The Silence of the Lambs:
I never noticed! Thanks, Dour Salmon. I guess I so totally shun the Silence of the Lambs that I would never have looked at anything to do with it closely.
Come on, be precise and specify it's In Voluptas Mors by Philippe Halsman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Halsman) and while the Silence of the Lambs inclusion is well known, may I bring to your attention this remake for a campaign against AIDS : http://www.aides.org/en/skull
It was used on the cover of The Silence of the Lambs, too!
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Thank you! That's a "thing I didn't know," so I've added a note (and the image) to the post. :.)
DeleteAwesome! Happy to help!
DeleteI never noticed! Thanks, Dour Salmon. I guess I so totally shun the Silence of the Lambs that I would never have looked at anything to do with it closely.
ReplyDeleteCome on, be precise and specify it's In Voluptas Mors by Philippe Halsman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Halsman) and while the Silence of the Lambs inclusion is well known, may I bring to your attention this remake for a campaign against AIDS : http://www.aides.org/en/skull
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that's what it was; tx for the information, which I've incorporated into the post.
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