Feldman regards such photography as "not old enough to scan as 'vintage', but not well-manicured enough to be recognizable as contemporary", and sees this as an instance of the uncanny valley.
It's the mystery of the photo, it's the strange aesthetics of them, it's seeing a place that you've never seen before, or an intimate glimpse into somebody's life." įeldman attributes the "cursed" aesthetic to the nature of digital photography in the early 2000s, where point-and-shoot cameras lacked modern filters and were often used with "blaring" flash, and where a photo would be taken more for archival purposes than performative social media sharing. Feldman asked Battenhausen about the appeal of "cursed images", to which Battenhausen replied: "It's a lot of things. That same year, Brian Feldman of New York magazine interviewed Doug Battenhausen, the owner of the Tumblr blog internethistory, which also posts "cursed images". Intrigued by the pictures, the owner of the account began searching for similar images and after finding more photographs in that vein, decided to "post them all in one place". While the term "cursed image" had been used on Tumblr since 2015, it became more widely popularized by July 2016 due to the Twitter account In a 2016 interview with Gizmodo writer Hudson Hongo, the owner of the account explained that he had seen "one or two" posts on Tumblr containing "unexplainable and odd" pictures that were simply captioned "cursed image". It's a totally mundane moment transformed into something else by the camera and the new context I've given it." In a 2019 interview with Paper, the blog's owner described the aforementioned image as follows: "It's the perfect cursed image to me because there's nothing inherently unsettling about any part of it. The first image posted by the account shows an elderly farmer surrounded by crates of red tomatoes in a wood-paneled room. The concept of "cursed images" originates from a Tumblr blog, cursedimages, in 2015. The term was coined on social media in 2015 and popularised the following year. A cursed image is intended to make a person question the reason for the image's existence in the first place. Might be cursed but take your chances.A found photo shared on the Twitter account in 2016 Ī cursed image refers to a picture (usually a photograph) that is perceived as mysterious or disturbing due to its content, poor quality, or a combination of the two. Ghost Photographs ( and this one! This is just a project by an artist named Angela Deane who paints on postcards and found photographs. The below image is supposedly not cursed, but even experts make mistakes sometimes.
Originally posted by extremelycursedimagesĬursed Image Repository ( is a good place to submit an image that may be cursed, just to be sure. Here are some blogs teeming with accursed pix: Extremely Cursed Images ( images are-get this-extremely cursed. We Down Load them and view them at our own peril…… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …Įven to Behold them is to leave imprinted………influenced…… … … … …Īnd yet we are drawn to them. There are images on the Net … … … … … … … … … …with something sinister insinuated into their pixels.
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