Our fashion editorial shooting is inspired by the classic Japanese anime character Maho-shoujo, the "magical girl." The main character traits first appeared in Japanese cartoons of the 60s. After the release of the first film in this genre, the format began to enjoy great popularity, acquiring details and replicating other production studios.
The main character Maho-shoujo is a girl with supernatural powers, which she uses to fight against evil forces. The heroine, for various reasons, must hide her abilities from others, which leads her to the need to lead a double life.
The early anime has its own special atmosphere of magic, "seeking truth and justice", enchanted houses and magical talking beasts. And it's always a story about the formation of character, about growing up, first friendship and first love.
Photography is usually considered as a way to convey reality but staged photography tells us a different truth. It is the courage to find your point of view on familiar things and to create worlds that momentarily flash with inner magic and tell us their stories. Photography is a bit like cooking: you take ingredients and mix them - color, characters, props, surroundings - and you get a new world
amateur category
MAHOU SHOIJO (Series)
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AUTHOR
Photographer and designer from Moscow, working in the genre of staged photography, creating commercial and personal projects. I am interested in creating an authentic fictional world in the frame and populating it with characters with their own logic and character. I also look for these characters in the real world - there are so many stories just waiting to be told.
Areas of interest:
- Folkloristics and the structure of fairy tales;
- ethnography and history of the region;
- the history of fashion, the impact of clothing on the individual;
- societies and social institutions with distinctive and unique features;
- charisma and charismatic personalities of the past and present.
Awards & grants
Julia Margaret Cameron Award 2024
35AWARDS 2023
Polytech Grant 2022
ND awards 2022
35AWARDS 2022
Fine Art Photography Awards 2022
Tokyo Foto Awards 2020
IPA Advertising 2020
International Color Awards 2020
35AWARDS 2019
Areas of interest:
- Folkloristics and the structure of fairy tales;
- ethnography and history of the region;
- the history of fashion, the impact of clothing on the individual;
- societies and social institutions with distinctive and unique features;
- charisma and charismatic personalities of the past and present.
Awards & grants
Julia Margaret Cameron Award 2024
35AWARDS 2023
Polytech Grant 2022
ND awards 2022
35AWARDS 2022
Fine Art Photography Awards 2022
Tokyo Foto Awards 2020
IPA Advertising 2020
International Color Awards 2020
35AWARDS 2019
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