Pictures

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“	Throughout the story, you will encounter certain pictures — pictures, which allude to possible outcomes... I suggest you pay attention to their meaning — they could foreshadow a future best avoided...	”
– The Curator explaining pictures

Pictures, also called Dark Pictures, are one of the main collectibles in The Dark Pictures Anthology. They are various pieces of art that show the player a possible future event when a protagonist views them. Each installment has a unique form of pictures corresponding to the theme or setting of the game.

Pictures can be obtained individually in both Theatrical Cut and Curator's Cut, as well as in Shared Story, where a picture found by one player is unlocked by both. The game keeps a record of all discovered pictures in the player's collection, which can be accessed through the menu.

Each installment has 13 pictures in total. There are three different types of pictures with different colors correlating to different types of visions, with six white, six black, and one gold picture. Generally, black pictures show a character dying or the events preluding a possible death, while white pictures show non-death related scenes, but there is some overlap between the two. Gold pictures always show a scene from the next installment in the anthology as a teaser.

Season One

Man of Medan

Type	Name	Cut	Location	Chapter
White	High and Dry	Both	Duke of Milan	Wreck, Uninvited Guests, or Ghost Story
	Close Quarters		Lower Deck	Danny
	Copper Bottomed		Upper Deck	Finding Friends
	Keelhaul		Cargo Hold 2	Ritual
	Plain Sailing	Theatrical	Officers' Quarters	Glamor Girl
	Know the Ropes	Both	Lower Deck	Depths
Black	Devil and the Deep		South Pacific Wreck Site	Dive
	Cut and Run		Duke of Milan	Uninvited Guests
	In the Offing		Main Deck	An Escape
	Cut of Your Jib			Caskets
	Ship Shape	Curator's	Officers' Quarters	Glamor Girl
	Loose Cannon	Both	Bridge Deck	Distress Signal
Gold	A Little Hope	Theatrical	Main Deck	Olson
The pictures in Man of Medan are framed paintings depicting nautical scenes. Obtaining all white, all black, and all 13 pictures will unlock the "Possible futures", "Quite a lot of deaths that night", and "Ghost ships are just a myth, right?" trophies respectively. The names of the premonitions (except the gold picture) are all nautical terms. Each protagonist has one picture only they can find, except Fliss, who has four. List of protagonists and the number of pictures they can find: Alex - 6 Brad - 4 Conrad - 5 Fliss - 8 Julia - 6 Not every picture can be found in a single playthrough unless the mode is Shared Story, as Plain Sailing and A Little Hope can only be found in Theatrical Cut while Ship Shape can only be found in Curator's Cut. This makes Man of Medan the only installment in the anthology where some pictures can be found only in Curator's Cut as in later games all pictures can be found in Theatrical Cut. The reason for this is that players who didn't buy the game on pre-order had to wait several months for Curator's Cut to become available. Know the Ropes, In the Offing, and Ship Shape, are premonitions that can be guaranteed not to happen based on past decisions. High and Dry is the only picture that can be found in several chapters. Brad is the only protagonist who cannot find a black picture. The pictures can be found in another installment of the anthology, The Devil in Me, though they are just decorations of the hotels.

Little Hope

Type	Name	Cut	Location	Chapter
White	Deadly Omen	Both	Disused Pylon	No Escape
	Mercy		Outside Little Hope Police Department	Off Track
	Ritual Blade		General Store	Another Way
	Shackled		Main Road	The Crossing
	Exorcism		East County Church	Surrounded
	Demon at the Door		Outside Derelict Building	Reflections
Black	Familiars		Outside Black Cat Bar	Playing Tricks
	Human Sacrifice		Main Road	Confrontation
	Like a Stone		Outside Playground	Another Way
	Dark Magic		Little Hope Museum	Troubled History
	Voodoo Doll		Main Road	Pursued
	Pressed into Silence		Outside Ravenden Textiles Factory	Ruined
Gold	Rope		Clarke Family Home	Full Circle
The pictures in Little Hope are postcards depicting scenes and events associated with witchcraft. Obtaining all white, all black, and all 13 pictures will unlock the "Glimmer of Hope", "Deathly Visions", and "A Complete Picture" trophies respectively. In Shared Story, protagonists are able to pass pictures on to another protagonist as they pick up. The names of the premonitions (except the gold picture) are ritual and witchcraft terms. List of protagonists and the number of pictures they can find: Andrew - 6 Angela - 4 Daniel - 8 John - 5 Taylor - 5 Familiars and Dark Magic are two of the only black pictures to not explicitly show a death scene. However: In Familiars, if Andrew shoots the shadowy figure, he will shoot Angela in the throat, accidentally killing her. In Dark Magic, if Taylor fails the upcoming Keep Calm segment, she will be killed by her demon. The pictures can be found in another installment of the anthology, though they are just decorations of the hotels.

House of Ashes

Type	Name	Cut	Location	Chapter
White	Disarmed	Theatrical	Target LZ	The Raid
	Daylight	Both	Sand Caverns	Pazuzu
	Ultraviolet		Temple	The Temple
	Staked			After the Fall
	Surrendered		Sand Caverns	Slayer
	Comrades		Catacombs	Enemy of My Enemy
Black	Arisen			Cursed
	Squeeze		Sand Caverns	Underworld
	Fallen			Pazuzu
	Tripwire		Catacombs	Bloodbath
	Thirst		Chasm	The Signal
	Mauled		Unknown Structure	Brothers
Gold	Hotel		Star Chamber	Strange Aeons
The pictures in House of Ashes are stone tablets depicting crude drawings and cuneiform writing. Obtaining all white and all black pictures will unlock the "Portents" and "Casualties of War" trophies respectively. This makes House of Ashes the first installment in the anthology where there is no trophy for collecting all the pictures. House of Ashes is the first installment in which a picture can be found in the prologue. As of this installment, the pictures' names are only a word long and aren't theme-based. The drawings in the pictures, as well as their titles are analogous to the premonitions themselves. List of protagonists and the number of pictures they can find: Eric - 2 Jason - 8 Nick - 5 Rachel - 2 Salim - 3 Rachel is the only protagonist who cannot find a black picture, while Salim and Eric are the only protagonists who cannot find the gold picture. This makes House of Ashes's gold picture the first one in the anthology that cannot be found by all protagonists.

The Devil in Me

Type	Name	Cut	Location	Chapter
White	Explosion	Both	Abandoned Lighthouse	Opportunity
	Turned		Hotel Grounds	Island
	United		3rd Floor Corridors	Scouting
	Uncanny		Basement	Workshop
	Dragged		2nd Floor Corridors	Morellos
	Searching		Gardens	Maze
Black	Burnt		Bar	Cigarettes
	Stabbed		2nd Floor Corridors	Noises
	Cured		Lobby	Blood Trail or Surgery
	Crushed		Observation Room	Interrogation
	Masked	Theatrical	3rd Floor Corridors	Director's Suite
	Spiked	Both	Pool House	Pool
Gold	Spaced		Curing House	Cliffside
The pictures in The Devil in Me are framed anatomical diagrams. Obtaining all white and all black pictures will unlock the "Photogenic" and "Camera Shy" trophies respectively. List of protagonists and the number of pictures they can find: Charlie - 4 Erin - 2 Jamie - 5 Kate - 4 Mark - 5 Charlie and Mark are the only protagonists who can find the gold picture.

Trivia

• Pictures are analogous to the totems from Until Dawn, which has more specific premonition types (death, loss, danger, guidance, and fortune).
• The images of the first two gold pictures contain elements associated with the next installment:
  • A Little Hope (Man of Medan) has demonic creatures, a reference to the demons in Little Hope.
  • Rope (Little Hope) has a crescent moon, a reference to the eclipse in House of Ashes.
• Each installment except The Devil in Me have one black picture that shows the death of a character who is not a protagonist:
  • Loose Cannon (Man of Medan) - Junior's death.
  • Human Sacrifice (Little Hope) - Anthony's death.
  • Squeeze (House of Ashes) - Merwin's death.
    • Arisen also shows false protagonist Kurum's offscreen death via infection.