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Enter the world of fantasy and elegance, with Miss Aniela, aka Natalie Dybisz, a young Fine Arts and fashion photographer, based in London. The artist combines baroque aesthetics and the directives of commercial work to sign here a bewitching and captivating artistic direction. His career as an artist began in 2006, by trying his hand at self-portraiture. Her work has since been exhibited in numerous international exhibitions, published in media around the world, and she is the author of two books on photography.
From now on, she continues her fine art projects, always focused on surrealist fashion, in addition to commercial missions. Although a nude photographer (and being her own model), we have voluntarily selected her fashion-oriented work "Surreal Fashion", more spectacular in its intensity and opulence. Surreal Fashion is the meeting of fashion and art, beauty and absurdity, where haute couture collides with chaos, suspended in a dreamlike landscape, surrounded by "glamorous" worlds, surreal opulent characters, ranging from the sublime to the bizarre. Each image offers a high-fashion optical illusion, where antlers might pass for hanging canvases, ribbons turn into birds, and the seas open their doors to tiny men, perched on the highest crest of the waves. .
These images were taken all over the world, from French castles to classic English mansions. Many of the pieces are inspired by classic 16th century works of art, pushing them aside to offer a modern new world. Animals, birds, seas and ships combine the new and the old; merging modern fashion with touches of yesteryear.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Could you describe your style, like a good friend would?
Playful, a little crazy, sometimes ironic, a touch of sensuality, often colourful, sometimes subtle, sometimes daring and always with an element of surrealism!
Your main character trait?
I think that's the word that comes up all the time in my work, from my first photos until now. Whether it's when I shot myself, or now when I'm shooting models, there's always something inevitably daring. I am drawn to colorful palettes, deep contrasts, even daring actions: levitations, animals inserted into paintings, or a naked woman with surreal nipples, multiplied as if by the invasion of an ant nest._cc781905-5cde -3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_
Places or historical periods that inspire you?
I generally appreciate old houses that retain their original identity, they are full of textures, stories, scale... They can have painted walls or wallpaper, and something "extraordinary" . In my “Surreal Fashion” series, I am directly inspired by paintings. Those who inspire me the most are those of the Dutch painters of seascapes and scenes of life, or even the paintings of animals such as for example Melchior d'Hondecoeter (17th century). There is something simplistic about life and hunting paintings, something beautiful and intriguing at the same time. And I love when it forms a synergy with the tone of my own photos.
- Find the continuation of Miss Aniela inNormal Magazine n°5 and n°9 -
