exploringslavicfolk:Photography by Uldus Bakhtiozina from St. Petersburg. Uldus reimages her favorit
exploringslavicfolk:Photography by Uldus Bakhtiozina from St. Petersburg. Uldus reimages her favorite Russian fairy tale characters in these modern and often grotesque images. All images are made with a medium format camera, and require no “retouching”. Obviously light can be altered.. but.I personally love this work! it seems to address the modern culture but within the context of old slavic folklore. The history intertwined with the modern. The grotesque is beautiful. Heres an article that features these images and more, along with the explanation of what they are meant to represent. I adore work like this, because it reminds me of the characters I was familiarized with as a young child watching old soviet cartoons on VHS tapes, but also makes me feel like these characters are playing roles, and now I see the actor. We created fantastic beasts, and beautiful or terrifying stories because of our lack of knowledge of the world around us, and this makes for some wonderful lore to look back at. Cheers to Bakhtiozina! -- source link