Date: Unknown
Title: Anti-Christ
Composition wise, the photo is rather simple. It's edited to look older than it actually is. The subject matter, however, is what makes the photo interesting and highly controversial. On the left is a somewhat deformed fetus and on the right is a majorly deformed fetus next to a Picasso painting. Witkin's photos, as a whole, are probably the most controversial and exploitive I've seen, even more so than those taken by Richard Prince and Gary Gross.
I wish I could figure out the point or meaning to this photo, but I'm oddly intrigued by it nonetheless. I suppose it's the macabre-ness of. Like a car crash, it's hard to look away.
I feel like Roger Ballen was almost inspired by his style. He directed this music video for the South African group, Die Antwood:
