Gunslinger

Don’t untag all of those embarrassing drunken facebook pics of yourself just yet, you could be sitting on an artistic goldmine. As digital cameras continue to get smaller, more affordable, and exponentially higher quality, that candid shot of you and your friends getting black-out drunk at a Halloween party, or getting naked in someone’s apartment might make for some artsy, edgy-as-hell, photography.

One website in particular inspired this revelation: keepitpg. Essentially, the site is a blog where the photographer goes to the hippest, wildest parties and concerts and takes a ton of facebook-style candid party shots. The result is a strange mix of what is traditionally considered low-brow amateur photography, with slick, trendy, compositions, colors, and designs that make it completely legit. Of course, it helps that these are exclusive parties filled with hip cats, oddball fashions, and crazy decor.

A lot the images featured depict alcohol use, partying, and partial or full nudity, so be forewarned. But the edgy sometimes naked, sometimes costumed, mostly drunken people in these photos add to the uniquely disturbing and provocative feel. This aesthetic and conceptual revolution in the realm of photography will continue to grow in popularity as thousands of digital photos are taken every day in the strangest places.

I guess the lesson is, next time you’re looking for inspiration for a drawing, painting, photograph or design, you might want to look up your coolest most beautiful friends on facebook (or flickr or any photo-sharing site) and borrow some of their best bizarre party pictures, like the one above taken last January at a New year’s Party by Laura Schartner of fifthpocket.

Here are a couple of my favs from Keep It PG: