We hear about it nearly every day in the news, and the violent images conjured by various news outlets are often confusing, misleading, or both. Skip both by watching this video, which closely examines the harrowing complexities and circumstances that have caused the deaths of thousands.

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Witches Castle – Unternberg, Austria

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Plagued by tales of bloodshed, the erstwhile Moosham Castle is now little more than a dilapidated fortress called the Witches Castle. During the harrowing and horrific witch trials of the 13th century, hundreds of young women were sentenced to death by the church for being a “witch”. Those who endured unspeakable and fatal torture in the bowels of the Castle are said to still roam the dungeons, seeking revenge on those who murdered them.

Dracula’s Castle – Bran, Romania

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One of the most difficult things about portraiture is stemming beyond the flesh and conveying the subject’s personality to the viewer. Addressing this challenge, it was Pablo Picasso who once said “Are we to paint what’s on the face, what’s in the face, or what’s behind the face?” And to that question, French artist Bernard Pras might say, “Why must we use paint at all?” In Pras’ anamorphic artwork (creating a distorted projection that must be viewed at a certain vantage point for the work to be visually understood), every day objects serve as his palette, all of which culminate in a unique portrait that gives its subject a degree of physical and figurative depth that standard oil paints might be unable to provide. To revel in some of Pras’ other finely-crafted faces, head over to This Is Colossal.

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