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This Photographer Will Annoy You And Leave You In Anxious Anticipation
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This Photographer Will Annoy You And Leave You In Anxious Anticipation

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For Kinfolk Magazine’s recent Adrenaline Issue, photographer Aaron Tilley and Director Kyle Bean were asked to recreate that awful moment when something terrible is just about to happen.

The project emphasizes the curious relationship between what the mind perceives and how the body reacts. The anticipation causes the body to release adrenaline, even if nothing actually happens, and it is believed that this reaction is closely connected to the fight-or-flight response that was so essential for the survival of our early ancestors.

Take a look below to see what they came up with. The pictures are designed to invoke a sense of anxiety and discomfort as we anticipate the sometimes disastrous event that’s just about to occur. Feeling slightly uncomfortable yet?

More info: Aaron Tilley | Kyle Bean (h/t: Kinfolk Magazinedesignboom)

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    Nodarkontselidze
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In order to make that balloon burst you need to have one nail, or have to apply pressure. It's basic physics and i had a school project about that in 6th grade.

    Iam“YourBuddy”Didi
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe it isn't about popping the balloon but about making all those perfectly aligned nails fall.

    Load More Replies...
    FurnishMyWay_Blog
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The ink drop on the shirt, bricks nearly hitting the glass of champagne, and the picture with the eggs really made me nervous! As you can see I hate messes!! This is very interesting. Great job stressing me out!

    RalphEspiritu
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For some reason it didn't have any effect on me, anyone also imagined it resuming?

    SusannaVesna
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Either my "survival instincts" have failed me, or these aren't very effective...Only thing that bothered me is ink!

    Olesya Polishchuk
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The one that makes me feel extremely uncomfortable is pumice blocks slanting towards a glass (regardless of whether it is filled up).

    BoredPanPan
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the pictures but I also hate them I don't know what to do with myself anymore

    PeggyWestmoreland
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I pretty sure the balloon over nails is considered torture in 16 countries.

    GlynisLailann
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did not feel anything .... maybe I should have read the text afterwards and not before.

    MohdAsyrafZ
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Will the string of the balloon topples the neatly arranged blanket of nails?

    JeanneDeaux
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mh, nope, no anxious anticipation, the movement is way too fixed for that. Would have been more impressive with a slow shutter speed. But I am admirative of the ideas they got and the aesthetics of the pictures, they are beautiful.

    SankaraNarayanan
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well timed photographs designed to provoke our curiosity and a sense of suspense!

    JustAGirl
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The suspense is killing me! (Even though I know what will happen)

    DianePeters
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I really wanted to see the matches ignite and the bubbles pop, but that drop of ink over the white shirt is brutal.

    TroyBernhardt
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whether it works or not is not the point. It is the anticipation...the expectation...the unfulfilled result that makes these photos intriguing. We know what we think will happen. Not seeing the actual conclusion leaves us hanging.

    lovepanda
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    True but these pics makes me exciting that created in an innovative way. (Thump up)

    BobbiNewell
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I saw a photo in the same spirit years ago, in somebody's album. A few college guys went on a camping trip, and two were posed for this picture: one sitting and smiling for the camera, the other standing and tipping his cup full of beer over the first guy's head. The camera captured the flow of beer juuust as it started to spill out of the cup! As far as this series, the ink drop over the white shirt causes me the most anxiety, but I don't get the point of the first photo at all. Seems to me that the rock would just break the matchsticks, not cause them to flame?

    AMRIETOK
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To avoid this sort of anxious, try to imagine true decisions for these examples...

    KathrynF.
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need to know what happens next! I love the simplicity and impact these photos have!

    PetrKohoutek
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh come on, why would anyone do anything like this to us with OCD? :-/

    KiranSkog
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Rock and The Matches for me. Also Visualizing what will happen while looking at the picture reduces or negates the feeling for me.

    KiranSkog
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The rock and the matches for me. Visualizing what will happen negates the feeling for me.

    RobynScott
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a load of bollacks. If any of these pictures causes "anxiety" you need to harden the f**k up.

    DimitrRaev
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    fake, The stone trajectory is ABOVE the matches - photo was taken by swinging it few times The bolling boll is most likely stationary as it has is perfectly positioned with the holes on top The inc drop looks fake, the shape is not right, the drop should more attached to the item The bricks are actually in balance. The egg in the air drops no shadow. The other eggs should slide instead of roll on this angle of the slope.

    DimitrRaev
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    fake, The stone trajectory is ABOVE the matches - photo was taken by swinging it few times The bolling boll is most likely stationary as it has is perfectly positioned with the holes on top The inc drop looks fake, the shape is not right, the drop should more attached to the item The bricks are actually in balance. The egg in the air drops no shadow. The other eggs should slide instead of roll on this angle of the slope.

    Nodarkontselidze
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In order to make that balloon burst you need to have one nail, or have to apply pressure. It's basic physics and i had a school project about that in 6th grade.

    Iam“YourBuddy”Didi
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe it isn't about popping the balloon but about making all those perfectly aligned nails fall.

    Load More Replies...
    FurnishMyWay_Blog
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The ink drop on the shirt, bricks nearly hitting the glass of champagne, and the picture with the eggs really made me nervous! As you can see I hate messes!! This is very interesting. Great job stressing me out!

    RalphEspiritu
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For some reason it didn't have any effect on me, anyone also imagined it resuming?

    SusannaVesna
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Either my "survival instincts" have failed me, or these aren't very effective...Only thing that bothered me is ink!

    Olesya Polishchuk
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The one that makes me feel extremely uncomfortable is pumice blocks slanting towards a glass (regardless of whether it is filled up).

    BoredPanPan
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the pictures but I also hate them I don't know what to do with myself anymore

    PeggyWestmoreland
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I pretty sure the balloon over nails is considered torture in 16 countries.

    GlynisLailann
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did not feel anything .... maybe I should have read the text afterwards and not before.

    MohdAsyrafZ
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Will the string of the balloon topples the neatly arranged blanket of nails?

    JeanneDeaux
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mh, nope, no anxious anticipation, the movement is way too fixed for that. Would have been more impressive with a slow shutter speed. But I am admirative of the ideas they got and the aesthetics of the pictures, they are beautiful.

    SankaraNarayanan
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well timed photographs designed to provoke our curiosity and a sense of suspense!

    JustAGirl
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The suspense is killing me! (Even though I know what will happen)

    DianePeters
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I really wanted to see the matches ignite and the bubbles pop, but that drop of ink over the white shirt is brutal.

    TroyBernhardt
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whether it works or not is not the point. It is the anticipation...the expectation...the unfulfilled result that makes these photos intriguing. We know what we think will happen. Not seeing the actual conclusion leaves us hanging.

    lovepanda
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    True but these pics makes me exciting that created in an innovative way. (Thump up)

    BobbiNewell
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I saw a photo in the same spirit years ago, in somebody's album. A few college guys went on a camping trip, and two were posed for this picture: one sitting and smiling for the camera, the other standing and tipping his cup full of beer over the first guy's head. The camera captured the flow of beer juuust as it started to spill out of the cup! As far as this series, the ink drop over the white shirt causes me the most anxiety, but I don't get the point of the first photo at all. Seems to me that the rock would just break the matchsticks, not cause them to flame?

    AMRIETOK
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To avoid this sort of anxious, try to imagine true decisions for these examples...

    KathrynF.
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need to know what happens next! I love the simplicity and impact these photos have!

    PetrKohoutek
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh come on, why would anyone do anything like this to us with OCD? :-/

    KiranSkog
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Rock and The Matches for me. Also Visualizing what will happen while looking at the picture reduces or negates the feeling for me.

    KiranSkog
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The rock and the matches for me. Visualizing what will happen negates the feeling for me.

    RobynScott
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a load of bollacks. If any of these pictures causes "anxiety" you need to harden the f**k up.

    DimitrRaev
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    fake, The stone trajectory is ABOVE the matches - photo was taken by swinging it few times The bolling boll is most likely stationary as it has is perfectly positioned with the holes on top The inc drop looks fake, the shape is not right, the drop should more attached to the item The bricks are actually in balance. The egg in the air drops no shadow. The other eggs should slide instead of roll on this angle of the slope.

    DimitrRaev
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    fake, The stone trajectory is ABOVE the matches - photo was taken by swinging it few times The bolling boll is most likely stationary as it has is perfectly positioned with the holes on top The inc drop looks fake, the shape is not right, the drop should more attached to the item The bricks are actually in balance. The egg in the air drops no shadow. The other eggs should slide instead of roll on this angle of the slope.

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