Simon Marsden's Photography

StevenJ · Dec 28, 2008

Simon Marsden's wonderfully atmospheric photography really inspires my horror writing.
Highly recommended for those who love photographs of Gothic cathedrals, haunted houses, eerie statues etc:

http://www.marsdenarchive.com/library/

Statue of Vlad Dracul, Transylvania.

Ballaghmore Castle, County Laois, Ireland

Funeral monument, Notre Dame, Paris.

Calla Lily · Dec 28, 2008

Love the castle photo. It makes me want to write something creepy and atmospheric.

Kerr · Dec 28, 2008

Great pics Steve. I like all of them, but especially the castle. There's just something about brooding buildings that digs right in. That one is definitely a prize-winner.

StevenJ · Dec 28, 2008

Salvatore House rose before Michael Stroud, tall and dreamlike in its grandeur.
He had anticipated an austere building, bland and aged, but this was a revelation.

A foreboding black gate, intricately crafted in steel, opened to his touch to reveal
a serpentine path surely meant for display, not utility. Stroud gazed upon the high,
dull red walls of the house and felt a little intimidated, insignificant in comparison.

A blighted tree stood beneath Salvatore, its lower limbs reaching skywards as one,
yet the highest branches careered leftwards as if bent by a wintry wind. It was odd,
misshapen, somehow disturbing to Stroud...

HoraceJames · Dec 28, 2008

Cool stuff. Seductive but forbidding.

For something a little different... I find Wes Freed's redneck freakiness inspirational. First saw his work on cds by the Drive-By Truckers, here's a slide show from his site. Warning: contains images of NASCAR racers, alcoholics and dead rock and country music stars.

http://wesfreed.com/slideShow.html

Simon Marsden's Photography

StevenJ

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Calla Lily

On hiatus

Kerr

I vant to bite you

StevenJ

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