Merman trawls his net through a sea of images, and presents what he finds from precious pearls to the flotsam and jetsam that scintillates him regardless, from the sublime to the ridiculous, from the sacred to the profane (and sometimes abject filth). Whilst the merman will frequently celebrate the beauty of the mermaidens, he has a strong predilection for his fellow mermen, of which you shall find many exquisite specimens here, amongst the other refined treasures that you may witness. Some of these mermen will have dispensed with the cockleshells that at other times hide their modesty in a moment of rapture and ravishment (ie NSFW on occasion). IT’S REALLY RATHER WONDERFUL WHEN PEOPLE IDENTIFY THE IMAGES THAT THEY POST.Tumblr (3.0; @mermanonfire)http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4793197df7787fda159029f0f20c2cf6/tumblr_mn1zysSisI1qerokvo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>‘For An Earthling Boy’ by me, James Ormiston, currently on show at group exhibition Star Walls at Artefacto Bespoke Tattoo, London</p>http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/50828166748http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/50828166748Sun, 19 May 2013 12:16:19 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/158d18a6758b00d1ddfa905b94be30a3/tumblr_mmzsub8UPO1qcwhbgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sisterwolf.tumblr.com/post/50722062196/follow-me-satan-ilya-repin-1903">sisterwolf</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Follow Me, Satan</em> - Ilya Repin, 1903</p> </blockquote>http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/50809618249http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/50809618249Sun, 19 May 2013 06:42:20 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9fb7724d1f10c53a19f05f92a0d9dd79/tumblr_ml5ibmXtcN1rc0soco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://svartjerte.tumblr.com/post/49244967230/beware-the-beautiful-witch-1913">svartjerte</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p>Beware the beautiful witch, 1913</p> </blockquote> <div class="entrytext"> <blockquote> <p>Halloween-themed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_(magazine)"><em>Life Magazine</em></a> cover by Power O’Malley is from 30 October 1913 (vol. 62; No. 1618 in fact)</p> </blockquote> </div> </blockquote>http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/50809580992http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/50809580992Sun, 19 May 2013 06:41:56 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2edcf330b5b8cbf03d4fac8b048aa177/tumblr_mmle9uuPFL1qaaik3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><span><strong>Max Ernst</strong>, frottage skulls for Benjamin Peret’s <em>‘Je </em></span><em>Sublime’</em><span> (1936)</span></p> </blockquote>http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/50809459892http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/50809459892Sun, 19 May 2013 06:40:42 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/82d8675d90da9f39714c209fb2eec524/tumblr_mkbsixXP3o1qa2wieo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jaded-mandarin.tumblr.com/post/46424513230/isabel-de-borbon-reina-de-espana-primera-esposa">jaded-mandarin</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Isabel de Borbón, Reina de España, Primera Esposa de Felipe IV,</em> 1620. Detail.</p> </blockquote>http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/50237185944http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/50237185944Sun, 12 May 2013 04:29:21 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e114b41624ca4117787a4cfac1a0279a/tumblr_mmcwptyxaU1spek6ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/50237093453http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/50237093453Sun, 12 May 2013 04:26:40 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/00b2776d1e0b240336c03c1aae8b2aaf/tumblr_mmk2xg9IyC1qe0lqqo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://workman.tumblr.com/post/50097741293/mpdrolet-david-hockney-los-angeles-1983-annie" class="tumblr_blog">workman</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mpdrolet.tumblr.com/post/50091797831/david-hockney-los-angeles-1983-annie-leibovitz">mpdrolet</a>:</p> <p><strong>David Hockney, Los Angeles, 1983</strong></p> <p>Annie Leibovitz</p></blockquote>http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/50097797974http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/50097797974Fri, 10 May 2013 13:10:34 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/82145f7c819b6a9cdeaf28b483c12514/tumblr_mhm14vkcvO1qfhlmmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://anothereview.tumblr.com/post/42286379052/adolf-fassbender-at-dusk-new-york-1937">anothereview</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.photogravure.com/history/keyfigures_fassbender.html">Adolf Fassbender</a></p> <p>At Dusk, New York,1937</p> </blockquote>http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49919653001http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49919653001Wed, 08 May 2013 02:55:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9641a45b074ebc2db986998b0611ed8e/tumblr_mmgs8kTELy1rxckino1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://zombienormal.tumblr.com/post/49918788020/eve-tempted-by-the-serpent-william-blake" class="tumblr_blog">zombienormal</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Eve Tempted by the Serpent, William Blake (1757-1827), 1799-1800. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32357038@N08/4882085265/in/photostream/">Via</a>.</p></blockquote>http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49919262216http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49919262216Wed, 08 May 2013 02:43:40 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3fe705fb7931ebe335f08ce3d50ce833/tumblr_mmewv10aT81r8imomo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://magrittee.tumblr.com/post/49836323661/salvador-dali-cerberus" class="tumblr_blog">magrittee</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Salvador Dali - <em>Cerberus</em></p></blockquote>http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49919177874http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49919177874Wed, 08 May 2013 02:41:15 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxudv0nyzP1qb1qpgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Mathieu Lehanneur: St Hilaire Church, Melle, France</p> </blockquote>http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49919143111http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49919143111Wed, 08 May 2013 02:40:20 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9e961292dd0c0391995ede60d5519279/tumblr_mmgvryoc0O1qhgogbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://inneroptics.tumblr.com/post/49919074228" class="tumblr_blog">inneroptics</a>:</p> <blockquote><h1>Miguel Rio Branco</h1></blockquote> <p></p>http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49919108976http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49919108976Wed, 08 May 2013 02:39:22 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/426a01f83655e150d41c955518afd0d2/tumblr_mfp5q8pWPx1qkdq56o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hismarmorealcalm.tumblr.com/post/38954606868/torse-du-dieu-dionysos">hismarmorealcalm</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Torse du Dieu Dionysos</p> </blockquote>http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49890403409http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49890403409Tue, 07 May 2013 19:39:04 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdgxiiKXgf1r6upw4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://triglifos-y-metopas.tumblr.com/post/35695649396/head-of-a-figurine-marble-syros-cyclades">triglifos-y-metopas</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Head of a figurine</strong>, marble.</p> <p>Syros, Cyclades, Greece.</p> <p>2800-2300 B.C. (Early Cycladic)</p> <p>[Museum of Cycladic Art]</p> </blockquote>http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49890384461http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49890384461Tue, 07 May 2013 19:38:49 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3f344d5bb0c4d492467e2bd6c2bca855/tumblr_mioapthaUY1rwc733o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://mortalgodz.tumblr.com/post/43798146886/primal-matter-2013-michael-theophanous-dimitris" class="tumblr_blog">mortalgodz</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" data-ft='{"type":45}'><span class="hasCaption">Primal Matter 2013, Michael Theophanous, Dimitris Papaioannou,photo <a href="http://www.facebook.com/nikolopaido?group_id=0" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1301586565&extragetparams=%7B%22group_id%22%3A0%7D">Nikos Nikolopoulos</a></span></span></p></blockquote>http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49888266303http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49888266303Tue, 07 May 2013 19:11:33 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4b9e53a5d3670a18365dc1e2aa6452e0/tumblr_mmgaljDIMl1qmrshlo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/09a4f41891a97faae2e8ccf05b130d00/tumblr_mmgaljDIMl1qmrshlo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://jafcord.tumblr.com/post/49887458661/tadeu-liesenfeld" class="tumblr_blog">jafcord</a>:</p> <blockquote><ul><li><strong>Tadeu Liesenfeld </strong></li> </ul></blockquote> <p></p>http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49887649560http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49887649560Tue, 07 May 2013 19:03:25 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mef85hwljx1r0qqppo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Kendra Spears in ”Always check your pockets for tissues before yo do the laundry” photographed by Greg Kadel for i-D, Winter 2012</p> </blockquote>http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49792946511http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49792946511Mon, 06 May 2013 15:48:58 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3060ff5bf835ad678636dea083621e61/tumblr_mffl5eeIAz1r5h6oto1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hope4thebest.tumblr.com/post/38537879704/a-kingfisher-diving">hope4thebest</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A kingfisher diving</p> </blockquote>http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49700838535http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49700838535Sun, 05 May 2013 13:42:17 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/984182e21455a58fbd7a4dfcf3ad7a82/tumblr_mhsr3rAPvp1qgv0cao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49700660236http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49700660236Sun, 05 May 2013 13:40:01 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6e15f8b54b67ab123426286f9ffaa8bd/tumblr_mjbc0fc9Tx1s7jnxgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://frannequin.tumblr.com/post/44813844795/self-portrait-by-witkacy" class="tumblr_blog">frannequin</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>self-portrait by Witkacy</p></blockquote>http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49700560419http://mermanonfire.tumblr.com/post/49700560419Sun, 05 May 2013 13:38:46 -0400