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My nights have been filled with these sorts of visions — epic, lavish, monumental and gaudily hued, which is why photographer Merkley???’s series makes me feel like I’m having a waking dream. “I was raised Mormon in Utah,” he says. “Went on a Mormon mission to Brazil. Masturbated the whole time.”

He also blogs in a style similar to that of his frenetic photography, which may have been instilled by his family life. “I have eighteen siblings and my parents have both been married three times each,” he says.

“My great-great grandfather was Joseph Smith’s bodyguard. Now I photograph nude women.” Thank God. — Will Doig

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For more photography from Merkley???, visit his website: www.threequestionmarks.com

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