New York City-based photographer Anna Friemoth’s terrific portrait series 10 Commandments makes those abstract biblical rules for living playfully — even provocatively — concrete, as Friemoth turns the breaking of each commandment into a clever self-portrait of sin. Check out the photographer’s bad behavior after the jump, and peruse the rest of her sharp work at her website.
“You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me” / Photo Credit: Anna Friemoth
“You Shall Not Make For Yourself Any Graven Image” / Photo Credit: Anna Friemoth
“You Shall Not Commit Adultery” / Photo Credit: Anna Friemoth
“You Shall Not Steal” / Photo Credit: Anna Friemoth
“You Shall Not Take The Lord’s Name In Vain” / Photo Credit: Anna Friemoth
“Honor Your Father And Mother” / Photo Credit: Anna Friemoth
“You Shall Not Kill” / Photo Credit: Anna Friemoth
“Keep The Sabbath Day Holy” / Photo credit: Anna Friemoth
“You Shall Not Bear False Witness Against Your Neighbor” / Photo Credit: Anna Friemoth
“You Shall Not Covet” / Photo Credit: Anna Friemoth
[Anna Friemoth, via Feature Shoot]