Red Star Motel

This is a series from Chinese photographers Liu Song and Chili called Red Star Motel. I'm very interested in the transformation of the same space through the varying of character and activity. The explicit violence of the series - whether sexual, brutal, or kinetic - is in sharp contrast to the drab, quotidian hotel room. I like this series particularly as a contrast to some of the other images I've posted, which have been consistently clean and distanced. These are everything but.

Lucinda Devlin - Photos

These are photographs from Lucinda Devlin's two series "Pleasure Grounds" and "The Omega Suites". Her work deals with empty spaces that reveal the culture of it's use. "Pleasure Grounds" focuses on discos, tanning salons and fantasy hotel rooms, while "The Omega Suites" is a survey of execution chambers and other associated interiors. I am extremely interested in the voyeurism inherent in these death-rooms - especially the similarities between these observation rooms and the peep show.