Photography

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I'm doing 100 days of photos. Take a look behind the scenes of this photographic series that has come out of my collage practice.

The fact that Kylli Sparre is an ex-dancer should come as no surprise when you look at her graceful, fluid self portraits. Her images remind me of fairy tales and daydreams.

Cig Harvey's series Gardening at Night is breathtaking. I love the quiet beauty she creates in her photographs of her friends and family. The remind me of fairy tales that never existed, forgotten dreams, and children's flights of fancy.

Luce Lebart finds the beauty in decay in her book, Mold is Beautiful. A found box of plates that were covered in mold became the inspiration for this beautiful body of work.

I'm in love with these delicate images of organs composed of flowers by Camila Carlow. Kidneys made of moss and tendrils and a heart that could pass as a bridal bouquet.

Lori Nix creates intricate miniature landscapes; one hundred percent hand built.

Chema Madoz creates surreal images with her camera. Simple still lives with layers of symbolism. Portraits that reveal more than the person. Her website is in Spanish, but even if you can't read it, there are many more images to check out.

Jen Lewis' series Beauty in Blood features beautiful, lush, colorful photos that are full of life and movement. Seemingly abstract, the fact that they are menstrual blood makes them even more beautiful if that is even possible. As a cisgendered woman, menstrual blood -- the physical representation of the cycle of life; a symbolic transition from childhood; one of the first times we were taught to have shame -- period blood is still often a taboo subject.

I am in absolutely in love with Heather Evans Smith's dreamy, feminine, surrealist photographs. Like moments from a fairy tale I never read, they feel familiar and I find myself entwined in the imaginary worlds she creates in front of her camera.