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The Weird Photography of William Mortensen

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William Mortensen, L’Amour

“What it shewed was... the monstrous being he was painting on that awful canvas. It was the model he was using... But by God, Eliot, it was a photograph from life.”

H. P. Lovecraft Pickman’s Model.

William Mortensen (1897-1965) was an American Photographer, primarily known for his occult-themed works, and portraits of Hollywood …

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