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CREDITS EDITORIAL VERDINE DANIELS EDITOR verdine@kulturmag.co.za
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COVER IMAGE Model: Elegy Ellem Photographer: Josefine Jonsson Headpieces, necklace and pasties: Dilingence Jewelery Rings: Jekyll Hyde Jewelery Bust and collar: Divamp Couture CONTRIBUTIONS Aradia W, Amber Strickler, Annora Obscure, Barend Buitekamer, Black Swan Persona, Chaos Models Agency, Cherelle Scanlon, Christa C, Ellie Jayden, Franziska Scholz, HARD Photography, Janette Martyn, Jason Tamvakis, Jorge Cordova, Joseph Guitierrez, Justine Whyte, Kate Broderick, Matt Barnes, With Dawn, Oran Tarjan Photography, Shamira Crivellaro, Elisanth, Tamsin-Marie Gosselin
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6 Voodoo Queen
10 Samhain
14 Spirits in Darkness
Voodoo Queen | p6 Samhain | p10 Spirits in Darkness | p14 Model Feature: Aradia Wadjet | 18 Gothic Romance | p22 Chaos Models Agency presents CK Yee | 26 Chaos Models Agency presents RazorCandi | p28 Ever After | p30 Model Feature: Ellie Jayden | p34 Model Feature: Jane Doe | p40 Model Feature: TAMD Model of the Year - Elisanth | p44 Abandoned Goth Girl | p48 Album Review: With Dawn - Infinity | p52 The Show | p55 Interview with Elegy Ellem | p56 Inner Animal | p64 Bloody Witchy Sunday | p68 Controlled Chaos | p76 Conflicted | p82 Vampires | p86 Dearly Dead Beloved | p90 Product Feature: Skullpturesque | p94 Tales of Darkness | p98 Dead by Dawn | p102 Her Darkness and Light | p106 Mira Marc Studios | p110 The Women | p114 Soniya Part I: A weird tale by Barend Buitekamer | p118
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odel Feature: adia Wadjet
22 Gothic Romance
26 CK Yee
28 RazoeCandi
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Voodoo Queen Photographer: Amber Strickler of Pretty & Inked™ Model: Chelsea Haley Makeup: Kristina Frank Hair: Adriana Mangum Set Design: Andy & Amber Strickler Props Assistant: Melissa White
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he Pretty and Inked Project is the submission based photographic project of Houston-based photographer Amber Strickler. P&I focuses primarily on the documentation of heavily tattooed women through the use of digital, 35mm and medium format film. Pretty & Inked™ was born of the idea that even tattooed women desire to be captured in soft, sensual images…a stark contrast to the types of images that saturate magazines and social media. Shooting in film lent to that softness, creating images that are pastel, sensual and delicate in feel. Its goal was, and still is, to bring out the inner girly girl in the ladies who come to P&I from the alt model community… an idea that has been fondly accepted and praised by the women who take part in the project. Often times the type of shoots P&I takes on are the first of its kind for the model involved. P&I began with the idea of building an alt model boudoir portfolio of the ladies based in Houston. That idea quickly spread to an evolution in wardrobe and locations. Within two years of the project’s launch, P&I Men was launched and it was the first time local tattooed gentlemen were added to the roster of gorgeous faces that don the pages of the Pretty & Inked™ website and blog. With time, the project began to evolve creatively, in an effort to avoid becoming stagnant and boring. Concepts beyond that of indoor boudoir sessions shortly come to light and more and more models began to take notice of the softness that P&I had to offer. Within the past 3 years Pretty & Inked™ has celebrated multiple publications and has spread the portfolio of models beyond Houston and it hopefully is nowhere near the end of its journey. With an eye on a change in direction to a darker, yet still feminine feel to every image, Pretty & Inked™ is currently in the conception and planning stages of darker thematic shoots.
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