Artist Profile: Pinhole Pictures by Bethany de Forest

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About the Models
Bethany's pictures radiate a fairy-tale atmosphere. A close-up perspective causes an unusual reality to emerge. Because of this, lifeless materials come to life while living matter is taken out of its ordinary context and is transformed into an almost static still life.
She primarily works with ordinary materials; candle wax to build an Ice Palace and colored candy for a colorful dollhouse, while thousands of sugar cubes are used to construct the King Frog's castle. Cotton balls, asparagus and raspberries, leaves and twigs are all hardly recognizable in these strange worlds. However, the inhabitants feel right at home. King Frog, the Duck, butterflies and bumblebees, fish, seahorses, shrimp and even the chicken leg all tell their own story. Seemingly appropriate in their fairy-tale surroundings.

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Beautiful images, pinhole cameras are pretty simple to make, but I never cease to be amazed at the wonderful variety of imagery artist can make with them.

(lifted from monkeyfilter)