Robert Gardner usually has no storyline for his films, and no clear developmental structures either, only some motifs and a few thematic notions wandering around. His interests are to look for that which is an apt symbol or sign and, at the same time, is “distinctive in and of itself”.
In Hamar, occasionally, a woman will be asked by a man to carry the scars he has earned by killing en enemy, but more frequently they ask them to be done for reasons of their own, and because “women look better with than without them”. (Rivers of Sand, 1973, 83 min)

I have no idea how we met. All I can remember is that you asked if I had any tattoos. When I said no, you pressed your hand into my chest and said “You’re clean. I like that—I want to be the one to ruin you.”

Thanks to Lyna Ahanda (of Lurve Magazine) for the link!

The exciting thing about all this is that as it is new it is old and as it is old it is new, but now we have come to be in our way which is an entirely different way.
–Gertrude Stein

Shot by Alexis Zavialoff.
A preview in SB5, used as illustration of Alex Binnie’s “Raw Power” article, but a full feature on Blut & Eisen will be published in SB6!

Photography by Ashley Savage.
Tareq is also featured in Sang Bleu 5, shot by Adrian Wilson and interviewed by Ben perdue!

For the upcoming double-300-page-volume upcoming fifth issue of sang bleu, Alex Binnie—whom I consider a kind of spiritual guide—wrote me a stunning essay on the power of tattooing. “Raw Power” it is entitled. To illustrate it our Adrian Wilson shot a series of people tattooed by Into You’s Thomas Thomas. :)

even a handsome man, and he deserved more than that.
He said to her, not leaving: I’m strong, and I have a good sense of humor. You will see that if you will only spend one evening with me. I can give you whatever you desire. I will make you very happy.
She said: I have said all I have to say and I’m not going to say any more. I am not happy to talk to you. And she turned her head and picked up from the grass a shiny metal foil, and blocked his view of her with it.
He said: All right for now, but I’m coming back!
She didn’t say anything in response.

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