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Rapunzel, Rapunzel… (NSFW)

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The photo below was taken by renowned Japanese photographer Yoshihiro Tatsuki. He is known for monochrome portraits & nudes. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but brute, educational tinge. When we say, “Creative Sustenance Daily,” we mean it. quietlunch.com

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Flight Confirmed. (NSFW)

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The Alchemist has employed the talents of Danny Brown & Schoolboy Q for his single “Flight Confirmation”. The visuals for the song, jokingly referred to as a stream of Danny Brown’s conscious, are directed by Jason Goldwatch (“Nasty”, “Trouble On My Mind”, “Erase Me” and “Dear God 2.0”). Chocked full an insane amount of memes, the video will definitely call for …

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Crazy Baldhead. (NSFW)

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This beautiful painting comes from a Berlin based painter name Daniela Uhlig. Uhlig features prominent African themes while implementing a vibrant use of splatter. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but brute, educational tinge. When we say, “Creative Sustenance Daily,” we mean it. quietlunch.com

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Bodley Head, 1967. (NSFW)

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Sam Haskins is a South African photographer best known for his contribution to nude photography, pre-Photoshop in-camera image montage and his book Cowboy Kate. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but brute, educational tinge. When we say, “Creative Sustenance Daily,” we mean it. quietlunch.com

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The Eagles Has Landed. (NSFW)

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Remember Megan K. Eagles? We featured one of her photos on July 4th and ever since then we’ve been unable to shake our affinity for her work. Usually we just go after them right away and if it that doesn’t happen, a quick post does the trick. But even after fulfilling our to showcase her work at the most appropriate …

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A (Barton) of Smokes. (Slightly NSFW)

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Jody is our last feature for Type Week and you can certainly say that — aside from Meg Hitchcock — we saved the best for last. Jody Barton is cleverly vulgar. He is out of his mind but clearly about his wits. His type illustrations touch on a variety of subjects from social commentary to abstract commercialism. Either way, most …

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Hands On. (NSFW)

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The piece below is a striking photograph by renowned Spanish photographer Isabel Muñoz. Muñoz is known for bold black and whites that are achieved through a handmade and meticulous development process. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but brute, educational tinge. When we say, “Creative Sustenance …

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Running Wild. (NSFW)

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Swiss artist Michel Comte originally started out as an art restorer but, through his own autodidacticism,  became a master of photography. Although Comte has shot a number of famous names, he remains unfazed and is always looking to push the boundaries of his craft. “If I no longer have a sense of risk I immediately move on. I probably inherited …

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The Hair Up There. (NSFW)

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More photography from one of our favorites, Quazi King. We haven’t featured the Afrocentric photog in quite some time and figured it was time for a fix. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but brute, educational tinge. When we say, “Creative Sustenance Daily,” we mean …

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Happy No Panty Day from Quiet Lunch! (NSFW)

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Okay, we have great news and we have not-so-great news. We’ll give you the great news first: Great News: It’s No Panty Day! Not- So- Great News: We couldn’t find the photographer of the cheeky photo below. Nonetheless, it’s still No Panty Day and coincidentally we’re in New York is in the mist of a heatwave. Can someone say pervy …

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Car Trouble. (NSFW)

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Photography by the legendary Jeanloup Sieff. Sieff was French fashion photographer who became very famous in the States; shooting for a number of publications including Esquire, Glamour, Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar. He also shot many celebrities, including Jane Birkin, Yves Montand, Alfred Hitchcock, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Yves Saint-Laurent, and Rudolf Nureyev. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but brute, …

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Captivating Craver. (NSFW)

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There is something eerie about Neil Craver’s photographs, but it is a chill that piques your curiosity and makes you want to jump right in. The subjects in his series, Omni-Phantasmic, are like modern day mermaids; mimicking the natural movement of their environment. Craver captures his models in states of bliss, which is equal parts vulnerable and powerful; creating an …

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Welcome to Austra. (NSFW)

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We dug up this ill vid from Canadian dark wave trio Austra. Released early last year, “Beat and the Pulse” is somewhat self explanatory. Directed by Claire Edmondson (who also directed the Broken Social Scene’s gory “Sweetest Kill“), these visuals are a lot less bloody and far more stoic. Austra experienced much success in the yesteryear with their immaculate debut …

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Puzzled. (NSFW)

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Don’t Look. (NSFW)

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Ocultura by Javier Jaén Benavides. The artist from Barcelona provides a tell-tale narrative about how we feel about the female form. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but brute, educational tinge. When we say, “Creative Sustenance Daily,” we mean it. quietlunch.com

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Hair Did. (NSFW)

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Playing With Your Food. (Slightly NSFW)

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Photographer Carl Kleiner has what you could call an obsession with food. His method of creating stark contrasts by manipulating the dry and wet ingredients into geometric and abstract shapes is as awe-inspiring as it is innovative. Often collaborating with his wife, Evelina, the Kleiners have designed sets for various IKEA projects, to shooting a roster of artists for a …

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NSFW | Just a Peep. | Stephen Perry.

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Stephen Perry’s work is what one would consider precisely provocateur. His photographs skillfully and elegantly push the envelope of sexuality; sensual and enchantingly erotic. His juxtaposition of his subjects in his collection, PeepShow, features the dynamic of femininity versus masculinity, impacting the viewer with a visual array of unabashed beauty. Perry’s style of shooting in black and white gives PeepShow …

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Where the Wild Things Scar. (NSFW)

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Sarah’s Candy. (Slightly NSFW)

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Faintly reminiscent of last week’s feature on artist Kathryn Mcnaughton, New York illustrator Sarah Rosado‘s work is like chewing a piece of bubblegum laced with MDNA. Bright and cheeky, Rosado’s illustrations play on the contradiction of being playful and racy, making for one devilishly sweet visual treat.   Rosado’s techniques are clean and very much in the vein of pop …

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Locked In. (NSFW)

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(Heads) Will Roll. (NSFW)

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Photographer Chris Heads has a vintage aura; a vintage aura that is peppered with a hint of smut. The primary job of a photographer is to capture the moment. Heads doesn’t just capture the moment, he encases in a silk web of perfection. London born, Heads’ work does possesses an across-the-pond charm. Of course he knows when to turn it …

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No Pants, Full Service. (NSFW)

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PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING: PHOTOGRAPHS 1985-2010. Van Lamsweerde and Matadin made a grandstand with their last exhibit that included a library of photos spanning from 1985-2010. The duo, living in New York since 1995, have been a part of numerous fashion campaigns and have placed amongst the most important photographers in the world by the New York Times. The exhibit contained up to 300 photographs and …

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Smoke and Fumes. (NSFW)

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Just in case you haven’t caught the new Flaming Lips video released a week and change ago, we decided to throw it up — despite it being “stale” by hip standards. The song, “Girl, You’re So Weird”, comes off of their collaboration with one man band New Fumes and was released just in time for Record Store Day (April 21st). The …

The Lesser of Two Evils. (NSFW)

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The Classic Tale of Willy Bum Bum. (NSFW)

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Okay, out of fear of ruining the whole experience, we’re not going to really prep you for what you’re about to watch. Instead we’re just going to throw you in face first and  hope that you swim. But we will say this, at the video’s end, you’ll either say, “What the fuck did I just watch?” or more simply, “What …

Bad Nuns. (Slightly NSFW)

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Give It to Mikey. (NSFW)

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Glaring into the eyes of Mikey McMichael‘s work is like making out with a topless Viking queen in the Hall of the Slain whilst drenched in the blood of a thousand Romans. An exaggerated truth but an appropriate description nonetheless. McMichaels’ work is exhilarating; delightful. You can pass it off as smut or bask in its aura of carefree misconduct. This isn’t just nudity. It’s reality. It’s …

Tangled in Ecstasy. (Slightly NSFW)

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Quiet Lunch often finds any excuse to get filthy but Erik Ravelo‘s raunchy Lana Sutra series is worth getting caught up in. Sponsored by United Colors of Benetton, Lana Sutra depicts various positions that can be found in the legendary Karma Sutra while exploring the various physical spectrums of love. The Cuban artist crosses borders by branching out on the diversity of …

Looking for Jane. (NSFW)

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Yesterday, we featured a new video from Jack White’s debut album Blunderbuss. But in the process we became enthralled with the work of AG Rojas, the video’s director. We mentioned that he also directed “EARL” and “Hey, Jane” — speaking of “Hey, Jane”, the video is fugging bonkers. The video for the Spiritualized track, which is the first single off of the forthcoming …

Aw, Crackers. (Slightly NSFW)

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Jack White recently dropped a new video for his single “Sixteen Saltines” and it kind of fucks you in the face; vigorously. Directed by AG Rojas, who also directed Spiritualized’s “Hey, Jane” and Odd Future’s Earl Sweatshirt’s “EARL“, the video is shot in White’s home town of Springfield (Nashville) and depicts him stranded in a Lord of the Flies themed wasteland. Rojas had this …