Tatiana the Documom has posted a picture on Facebook that’s so grim, it makes me physically shudder. The above conversation is a pretty apt description of her kid’s “barely there” toenail, but it still doesn’t fully prepare you for the quality of photo Tatiana managed to take of the dead, weighty keratin that’s “hanging on by a little piece of skin" off her son’s big toe. If her intention was to inform AND frighten, well, she’s done a great job of conveying the message.
I considered editing this picture, but there wasn’t any need. Tatiana just naturally succeeds at documom terror-photography. She could win some kind of demented award for this perspective-driven, specimen-like study of a child’s big toe losing its nail. Throw in a bouquet of dead flowers and a bowl of dried fruit and you’ve got yourself a 16th century still life composition.
Way to turn something that’s — once again — “hanging on by a little piece of skin” into evocative art, Tatiana. Good luck with your budding keepsake "stash." I can only imagine the horrors that will fill it as the years go by.
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