Gorgeous fantasy photos

June 22, 2012 3:29 PM

Kirsty Mitchell's late mother Maureen was an English teacher who spent her life inspiring generations of children with imaginative stories and plays. Following Maureen's death from a brain tumour in 2008, Kirsty channelled her grief into her passion for photography. She retreated behind the lens of her camera and created Wonderland, an ethereal fantasy world.
posted by Arbac (13 comments total)

These are incredible. Thanks for sharing.
posted by spiderskull at 3:39 PM on June 22, 2012 [1 favorite]

The story of how these rose to popular awareness is told by the artist here - lots of photos, the installation, and a BBC interview!
posted by DarlingBri at 3:55 PM on June 22, 2012 [1 favorite]

This is not generally my sort of thing, but there are a bunch in that set that I really, really like!
posted by blaneyphoto at 4:27 PM on June 22, 2012

I was going to post this too. These are really quite lovely.
posted by homunculus at 5:27 PM on June 22, 2012

Amazing! Really rises above the rest.
posted by gen at 5:38 PM on June 22, 2012

Lovely photos, awful captions.
posted by maxwelton at 6:24 PM on June 22, 2012

Gorgeous! Thank you for posting the link!
posted by Rosie M. Banks at 6:54 PM on June 22, 2012

Thanks for the post... these are really pretty fantastic....
posted by HuronBob at 7:48 PM on June 22, 2012

Really exceptional. The work she has put into these is amazing. The results, stunning.
posted by Joey Michaels at 8:14 PM on June 22, 2012

These are really lovely, especially the one with the woman surrounded by bluebells and books. Gorgeous.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 11:03 PM on June 22, 2012

Fabulous. Thanks for this.
posted by Jubey at 12:49 AM on June 23, 2012

Incredible, ethereal, fantastic, amazing, gorgeous, fabulous, lovely, exceptional--I concur!
posted by BlueHorse at 10:24 AM on June 23, 2012

Absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.
posted by triggerfinger at 6:56 PM on June 25, 2012