Katja Faith
Katja Faith is one of my absolute favorite artists. Her works are surreal, with an otherworldly haze, beautiful color, and amazing atmosphere.
Tags: colorful, hazy, katja faith, photomanipulation, surreal
Otherworldly Color: Neil Snape
I love the lighting, colors, and general flawless beauty of Neil Snape‘s fashion photography. The undersea, mermaid-like effect is very lovely.
Tags: colorful, otherworldly photography
Takashi Miike’s "Imprint"
An hour-long surreal horror film called “Imprint” is Takashi Miike’s contribution to the Masters of Horror series. It takes place (vaguely) in 19th-century Japan, but everything is spoken in English, and it’s very sort of ahistorical; it’s much more about a modern aesthetic interpretation of the times that the story takes place in rather than any real historical basis. Based on a traditional Japanese ghost story, an older American man travels to an island, where a brothel is kept, in search of his long-lost love, Komomo, who he promised he would take away one day long ago. Once there, he meets a disfigured/beautiful prostitute who tells him the story of (and many lies about) her life and Komomo’s. The girl’s appearance/disfigurement reminds me a bit of Yotsuya Kaidan, one of my favorite ghost stories.
Tags: asian horror, bizarre, colorful, film reviews, surreal, takashi miike, torture
Maya Hansen’s “Steampunk: Lost in Prague” Corsetry Collection
Since I fell in love with Maya Hansen‘s uber-colorful and tasty Cake Corset collection, she has come out with a new collection for autumn/winter 2010 inspired by steampunk.
See the complete collection here.
And here’s a behind-the-scenes video clip from the Cake Corsets shoot with Ulorin Vex:
Tags: cake, colorful, corsetry, fur, leather, maya hansen, steampunk, ulorin vex
The Self-Portraits of Elizabeth May
Elizabeth May is a 22-year-old fashion photographer from California and soon to be living in Scotland. Her photographs have beautifully delightful coloring. They “depict strong women of myth or fragile dolls or dark romances,” and are divided into the categories of “Nightmares,” “Reveries,” “Fairytales,” “Abandoned Places,” and “Dark Romance.” She started out with self-portraits and has since moved on to other subjects for her photos, but I like her self-portraits best. Not because her photos with other models aren’t as good, but because I think she is somehow the best model for her own photographs. She has an arresting gaze that makes her self-portraits the most striking. She has a real talent for bringing out beauty through color.
Tags: colorful, elizabeth may, modern fairy tales, otherworldly photography, self-portraits
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