Kenneth Anger, Topanga Canyon, California, Composite (1954).
This portrait of a dashing Kenneth Anger juxtaposes the filmmaker with an engraving by Gustave Doré for Paradise Lost. Like his contemporary Emil Cadoo, photographer Edmund Teske (1911–1996) often concealed the homoerotic nature of his pictures by rendering them “artistic” through double-exposure. Teske was friends with rock group The Doors, and a number of his studies of Jim Morrison and co. are very familiar from histories of the band.
Nude, Davenport, Iowa, Composite with Leaves (1941/46).
Previously on { feuilleton }
• Emil Cadoo
• The art of Robert Flynt
A curious coincidence
Ha, no coincidence! I saw your post then started searching around. (Hence the credit above.) I hadn’t come across his work before aside from the Doors photos.
Thanks for posting this beautiful picture portrying my personal hero Kenneth Anger.
A google search on Anger led me to your blog about a year ago. Since then I have been lead into “more mystery, more poetry, more eroticism, more madness, perversity, torment, pathos, grandeur and biological depth” – and enjoyed every post.
Best,
Kristine Glerup
Hi Kristine and thanks, it’s always good to know that people appreciate these small efforts.