Hilarious Portraits of People Getting Milk Thrown in Their Faces

Hilarious Portraits of People Getting Milk Thrown in Their Faces

 

We’ve seen milk used as a prop in photoshoots before, but never quite like how Paris-based photographer Alexander JE Bradley goes about using it. Profiled in the latest The Weekly Flickr installment, Alexander goes around splashing people with milk and capturing silly, moo-ving images in the process.

The Great Spectacle of the Milking series came to life while planning a party for some of his friends. For some reason, he needed an image of someone having milk thrown at them; but no matter how long and hard he searched the Internet, he met with zero success.

“Because I didn’t want to live in this kind of depressing milk-less world, I took the initiative and decided to shoot one myself.” he explains. “My friends and I grabbed some milk, asked a friend if he would be cool if we threw milk on him, he said yes, and the rest is history. It was fun and everyone got a kick out of it.”

With the gear he needed, gallons of milk at his disposal, friends willing to help, and subjects ready to be “milked” Bradley started adding to the series. Three to ten “milkings” would take place at each shoot, capturing a burst of usually six images while the milk was crashing across their faces.

“It can be quite challenging to choose which exact instance is the best,” Bradley told Flickr. “I think over the course of the series I have got most of the moments: the anticipation and terror before the milk hits, the initial shock upon impact and usually the hilarity that ensues after the fact! I try to just take a close look at the expressions of the individual and see which one looks the most interesting.”

Bradley’s personal favorite is Cookie Man (pictured below), which is one of the first in the series. The photo captures an all-too-calm subject enjoying a cookie while the milk he intends to wash it down is just about to make its presence known.