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| The Storyteller |
Wow!! Loving this Collection of Photos by Photographer Kirsty Mitchell. The Series is titled 'Wonderland' and has Beautiful Ethereal Fantasy Themes...
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| Euphaeidae |
A Bit About Kirsty Mitchell:
She was born and raised on the Southeast coast of England, in the county of Kent —known to many as the ‘Garden of England’. Her late mother, Maureen, was an English teacher who was passionate about storytelling and read to her almost everyday.
Educated in history of art, photography, fine art, costume for film and theatre and fashion design, art became her only passion. After Maureen's Death, Kirsty threw herself into photography and started producing pieces that echoed the memories of the stories her Mother read to her as a child.
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| The Lavender Princess |
A Bit About 'Wonderland':
Kirsty (36) collaborated with hair and make-up artist Elbie Van Eeden. Both had full-time jobs, so they spent evenings and weekends working on their 'Wonderland': creating props, wigs, and sets (on a shoestring budget). They shot in the woodlands surrounding Kirsty's home in Surrey.
"All the characters came to me in my dreams," she explained, but she delighted in the chance to step into the scenes for real: "after all, it's not often you get to stand beside an eight foot princess in the rain, or witness the dawn with a dancing circus girl on stilts!"
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| Danaus |
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| A Floral Birth |
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| Gammelyn's Daughter |
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| The Foxglove Fairy |
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| Far, Far Away (part 2) |
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| The Queen's Armada |
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| An Ocean of Tales till the Shores of Home |
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| Lady of The Lake |
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| The Faraway Tree |
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| Bookpit |
Left: The White Queen ruling over the forest of Wonderland
Right: The Fall of Gammelyn, a decaying forest King
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| The Candy Cane Witch |
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| Dryad |
Left: The Beautiful Blindness of Devotion
Right: The Briar Rose
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| The Path of Possibilities |
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| Spirited Away |
Her 3-year 'Labour of Love' is now almost complete and there are plans for an exhibition and accompanying book: "I just know that the day I see my mother’s name printed on the inside cover of the 'Wonderland' book, it will feel like I have finally fulfilled my promise to myself and her precious memory."
If you are Q-rious to see more photos from the 'Wonderland' Series, click here.
