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25-year-old photographer David Houncheringer is from Switzerland, an idyllic nation that has one major flaw: not enough murders. Houncheringer is doing his part to correct that, through art. Which is mightier than the gun! The young man has series of photos called "Would you like to die today?" He says, "I really enjoy seeing people watching these 'hard' pictures. Most of them laugh. Others are shocked. But they watch 15 murders a day on TV so I don't care." And he adds, "If someone wants to die, don't hesitate to contact us!" So keep that in mind! He has a point, though; these could be mistaken for stills from any episode of "CSI." Three bloody samples from his series [via First Magazine], after the jump.
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OK these need Horatio captions. How do we do the sunglasses icon again?
Two suicides + hunting accident does not = Murder.
Are you sure he's not German? Then it all makes sense.
Swiss Mess.
Was it Penthouse that's looking for a new publisher?
I'm imagining a lolDEAD website.
Gawker. You are depressed or something. First you post something about a website where I can leave messages from beyond the grave, and now this twerp. Maybe they should collaborate?
and everyone was worried about the dogs being left on their own!
@Conbon:
looks like someone
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needs a csi: internets refresher course.
YAAAOOW!
Watches.
Chocolates.
Banks.
Junkies.
Really dumb art.
And even skiing.
Switzerland has it all.
And fondue too!
That 15 murders a day statistic. Isn't that from Readers' Digest about 1978?
I usually hire a set designer for my suicides.
Whatevs. America's Next Top Model totally did this like 90 cycles ago.
Next best thing to having talent or vision.
As a hunter I always find it a bit humorous when another one shoots his foot off.
@IndianSlipper: Yay! You're back, and I didn't even notice.
I dunno, I'm kind of on the fence about these. Especially the first one.
@allyzay: 1)"Looks like someone's plans
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fell flat."
YAAOOWWWWWWW.
@IndianSlipper: Note to self, never google image search "hunter shoots self" again.
@Jenniferhdaniel: jeez, don't bring that up on the day they formally hire an executioner!
Thx tho ;-)
@Ozyman666: What's more disturbing is that URL is already taken.
@allyzay: "Yaaaaoooow?" will never not be funny!
yawn. this is total art-school bullshit. i had a girlfriend 15 years ago who roped me into doing a bunch of these and tried to make them look like olde-tyme death scene photos like weegee's or something. i'm sure we were far from the first to come up with the idea as well.
@Smitros: ...is a camera? Or people willing to humor you?
(I'm thinking the latter!)
God only knows what will come out of Liechtenstein.
@contradicto: That always seems to be the case. But! Guess what is "pending delete" for expiring in March? That's right, contradicto.com!
Fit Male for (Simulated) Slaughter
How much does he charge for weddings?
@DorothyMantooth:
Yeah, I guess a camera helps, but he needs the poseur enablers even more.
He could get a job making album covers for Unsane. [ecx.images-amazon.com]
I shot a man in Uppsala just to take his photograph.
@IndianSlipper: I've never heard of anyone throwing themselves ALL THE WAY DOWN...a 3-story building.
@CaptainHangNail: the lighting is kinda flat in the first. Try again.
Murder by Alphorn.
Forsooth, a glorious conceit! Prithee tell, whence may I procure this fine young gentleman's services?
@Sarcastro: Which happens to be in Sweden, you illiterate crotchpheasant.
@Sarcastro: Well-played.
@Sarcastro: Still funny!
@YourGoldKeith: I hope he doesn't make a habit of the third one.
sorry... too easy
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@Rosie4Prez: When skull meets asphalt you don't have to travel far.
@Sarcastro: Oooh! BERN
@Sarcastro: You made me LOL, yinzer.
@mathnet: that pun just made me decide i am in love with you, fyi. i hope that doesn't creep you out.
@Sarcastro: ha!
Looks like the in the first pic died tried to give himself a "Houncheringer".
One small suggestion: a glorious, sunshine yellow "Swiss Miss" wig (with braids) on each "corpse." Now that would be art.
@DorothyMantooth: @Clare: Thanky.
@mathnet: Are you an Ulan Bataarred woman?
Now maybe people will shut the fuck up about Guillermo Vargas, already. Who cares about dead dogs when we can have dead people!
@DorothyMantooth: I have Lucerned my lesson, though.
@Jack Ketch:
Definitely you, Richard. And I bet you say that about all the boys.
@Sarcastro:
Fabulous! Crotchpheasant is unspeakably funny, though I can't say why.
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that is my best impersonation of David Caruso on CSI: Miami.