photo by P.R. Brown
As he proved yet again by co-directing the band's evocative new video "Dead Memories," Slipknot percussionist Shawn Crahan (a.k.a. Clown) isn't just good at hitting things, he's also got the mind of an artist and a keen eye for detail. In addition to expressing himself through videos, Crahan has taken thousands of creative photos over the years, and we're proud that he's chosen HeadbangersBlog.com as a platform to exhibit some of the shots in a weekly guest blog filled with candid commentary. Click "more" to see the second installment of "The Eye of a Clown."
This is another portrait I did, and it happened almost by fate. I did a photo shoot with the band American Head Charge, who are friends of mine. They have some sort of clown they were using in their art work, and they had met this girl randomly at a club and they all liked each other so they partied and hung out. And she came down for the road trip and dressed up like their art work. For me, this was surreal because I’m "the Clown" and here I have this seductive clown woman. I try to capture a lot of sexuality in my photos, and this represents that. She's climbing up this slide, which more or less represents the birthing canal and her breasts are really prominent. There's a lot of fertilization in this, and that’s why the black is void and white is so prominent. We’re kind of on an inner search, but I’m way up and she’s way down. So, this was one of those incidents where I'm doing a random portrait and I'm surprised I got something more. I was there to shoot the band, but they brought her, and here she is, and who would have guessed? So it’s beautiful, but be careful. Be very, very careful. Because it's very fluidy and motherly, but at the same time very sadistic. it’s almost a metaphor for how a female preying mantis will let the male mate and then right at stimuli she’ll hit a nerve in his brain so he’ll continue to have that fertilization, but she’ll eat his entire body down. This is that kind of hunt. This is very woman and very the world. This is very what rules the world.
Now, here's the new Slipknot video "Dead Memories," which was co-directed by Crahan:
And here's their last video "Psychosocial."
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