A gruesome narrative inevitably develops.
I’ve posted decontextualized advertising images here before — there’s something very alluring about a well-photographed object (with drop shadow) existing with no background, only blank, white space — particularly when the brand name and commercial bullying are removed as well.
So it was surprising to see a blood-stained towel, nicely folded and cleanly removed from any conceivable context, on an [instructional page] concerning the removal of blood stains from clothing. It could be from the pages of L.L.Bean, but for the vibrant blotches of violent red discoloring.
the caption on the source page is really amazingly droll too. and: “with patience and diligence, you can remove any trace”. super! (oh no I’m kind of contextualizing it!)