{"id":14655,"date":"2019-05-23T16:19:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T21:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=14655"},"modified":"2019-05-23T16:19:27","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T21:19:27","slug":"justice-howards-voodoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=14655","title":{"rendered":"Justice Howard’s Voodoo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photographer Justice Howard decided to tackle the subject of Voodoo from her perspective for her latest work, \u201cVoodoo: Conjure and Sacrifice\u201d. Howard\u2019s photos are striking, and not for the faint of heart. She dove deep in assembling her shots, using real human skulls, actual animal parts, and true human forms (which includes nudity).<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ Paired with her photos are the writings of New Orleans Voodoo Queen Bloody Mary, who some of you may recognize as the author of \u201cBloody Mary\u2019s Guide to Hauntings, Horrors, and Dancing with the Dead\u201d. Bloody Mary helps provide a frame of reference, a starting point if you will, for the art that Howard creates. Howard presents her interpretation of such Voodoo notables as Papa Legba, Baron Samedi, and Marie Laveau. She also pays artistic respect to Voodoo trappings like snakes, the Crossroads, and animal sacrifice.<\/p>\n

Justice Howard\u2019s \u201cVoodoo: Conjure and Sacrifice\u201d is complex visual piece. One moment it presents a beautiful, rich, dark landscape and at the next turn it\u2019s vibrant and sparse. Her work makes you contemplate Voodoo and its relationship with the outside world (with you being the outside world, assuming you don\u2019t follow the faith). It\u2019s definitely not for everyone, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.<\/p>\n

You can learn more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"