Kirsty mitchell

Since 2009, Kirsty Mitchell has been dazzling the photography world with her epic (and deeply personal) photo project titled Wonderland. Now, 6.5 years

Kirsty Mitchell, a talented photographer based in the UK, creates mystical and dream-like surreal photographs that clearly communicate her intense, deep and personal connection to her artwork. When her mother died of brain cancer in 2008, surreal photography became Mitchell's only shelter from the pain of her loss.

Archival pigment print 120 x 89cm, edition of 5 100 x 75cm, edition of 5 70 x 52cm, edition of 7 Further information: -The making of ‘A Forgotten Tale’ -Order...

Goldberry the River woman's-daughter. According to the Bucklandish poem The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Goldberry was in the Withywindle when she pulled Tom by his beard under the water-lilies out of mischief, but he ordered her to let him free. The next day he came to the River-woman and asked Goldberry to be his wife, and the creatures of the Old Forest attended their wedding.

Magical purple

Woman wearing purple gown lying in a field of purple flowers art

Archival pigment print 140 x 96cm, edition of 5 100 x 68cm, edition of 5 73 x 50cm, edition of 7 Further information: -The making of ‘The Distant Pull of...

It's been a few years since I discovered Kirsty Mitchell photography and I've been entranced by her work ever since, check out some of my favourite pieces.

Part tribute, part conceptual photography, part exploration of costume and set design, Wonderland is an ongoing series of portraits by UK photographer Kirsty Mitchell. After the loss of her mother in 2008, Mitchell found herself in need of a creative outlet to grapple with the emptiness that often follows the death of a loved one. To fill the vacuum, Mitchell began to revisit fragments of fairy tales her mother would share with her as a child and decided to use them as a starting point for a…

Archival pigment print 120 x 80cm, edition of 5 100 x 67cm, edition of 5 75 x 50cm, edition of 7 Further information: -The making of ‘A Floral Birth’ -Order...