The Fairies
My first experiment in photo-illustration, "The Fairies" takes a classic Charles Perrault tale and sets it in the
heart of a slightly alternate-universe modern Wisconsin. The images have a hyperreal palette and the characters
posess an almost stickerbook-like separation from their world.
Full text can be found here, courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh.
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"So Like Her Was She Both in Nature and in Looks", Digital Composite, 2009 |
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"The Younger Girl, Who was a True Likeness of her Father",Digital Composite, 2009 |
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"An Old Woman came up and Begged for a Drink", Digital Composite, 2009 |
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"...And Two Large Diamonds fell from her Mouth", Digital Composite, 2009 |
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"You Want to see Me going to the Spring?", Digital Composite, 2009 |
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"...Just to Give Madame a Drink", Digital Composite, 2009 |
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"Two Vipers fell from Her Mouth", Digital Composite, 2009 |
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"Escaped into the Woods Nearby", Digital Composite, 2009 |
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"The King's Son met Her", Digital Composite, 2009 |
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"Went into a Corner of the Woods and Died", Digital Composite, 2009 |









