Bewitching Promos For American Horror Story's Coven Are Spectacularly Spooky.

Two nights ago, the first real promo for the upcoming third season of the FX Network's American Horror Story: Coven began running. Preceded by five 20 second teasers (all of which are also shown in this post), the latest promo, Initiation, is the first to reveal the cast and is absolutely impossible to ignore. Beautifully shot and accompanied by an eerie rendition of House Of The Rising Sun, it is compelling enough to get just about anyone to tune into the premiere on October 9th.



The 30 second promo features stylishly dressed young women walking into a special school that we know, based upon the synopsis, will be where the young girls are sent away to learn to protect themselves from mysterious and dangerous happenings in New Orleans. Young witches Taissa Farmiga and Gabourey Sidibe are amongst the attendees.

Also in "Initiation" is Evan Peters looking on from a window in the school as Sarah Paulson, who plays Jessica Lange’s daughter this season, opens the entrance to the school.




At the end of the promo, the young witches then come upon actresses Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, and Angela Bassett.



The Five 20 second promos preceded Initiation and each are shown below:

Staircase:


Detention:


Coffin:


Stakes:


Pins and needles:


Like the previous seasons, American Horror Story season 3 will include many well known actors such as Jessica Lange, Frances Conroy, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Taissa Farmiga, Kathy Bates, Gabourey Sidibe, Angela Bassett, Patti LuPone, Emma Roberts, Denis O’Hare, Alexandra Breckenridge, Christine Ebersole, Danny Huston and Lily Rabe.



Coven, Series Premiere Wednesday, October 9 at 10p on FX.

Photographer Amy Friend Brings Light, Romance And Mysticism To Vintage Photos in 'Dare Alle Luce.'

In her series, Dare alla Luce, photographer Amy Friend alters vintage images by deliberately allowing light to pass through them. Amy says the project aims to return the photographs, and indeed the souls of the subjects, to the atmosphere. “In a literal and somewhat playful manner,” she says. “I aimed to give the photographs back to the light, hence the title of the series, Dare alla Luce, an Italian phrase used to describe the moment of birth.”

Lake Rousseau, 1931:

We are a tablet of wax:

The three of them:

I dream of that day:

All that is solid melts into the air:

I see little echoes:

January 30, 1953:

My sister:

Jesse:

Afterglow:

We are the spirit rappers:

Ruth, October 1936:

Small museums of everyday life:

The revenants:

Late summer evening:

Latent Light:

title unknown:

title unknown:

The ol' neighborhood 1949:


Amy creates limited multiple archival digital prints of her work that you can purchase through Atti gallery or contact Amy to request price and information.

About Amy:
Amy Friend currently divides her time between Windsor, Toronto and St. Catharines, Ontario. She studied briefly at the Ontario College of Art and Design before embarking on intermittent travels through Europe, Morocco, Cuba and the United States. She holds a BFA Honours Degree and a BEd Degree from York University as well as an MFA Degree from the University of WIndsor. She was awarded a Social Science and Humanities Grant and an Ontario Graduate Scholarship. She was featured in the Magenta Flash Forward Competition and has received several awards for her work such as the Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant in 2009 and 2011 as well as a travel grant for exhibition in Cuba. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. In the summer of 2011 Amy attended a residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts. Currently, Amy teaches at Brock University in the Fine Arts Department.

images courtesy of Amy Friend and Atti Gallery and the two images with unknown titles courtesy of Xaxor

Thanks to Phaidon for bringing her work to my attention