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I haven’t posted here anything for ages. But not because I didn’t have things to share. I was just extremely busy working on my new projects and traveling through Europe.

Today I want to show you the shooting I had yesterday in one of the most beautiful parks in Hamburg – in Volkspark. It was a beautiful sunny day and I was standing not behind of the camera as usual, but in front of it.

My new favorite piece – red coat from H&M inspired me to create this look.

I hope you will like it.

Many thanks to my husband who took this lovely pictures of me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two last ones from this self-portrait series:

In memory of Japan’s earthquake victims..

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Ivory”, 2011

hair, makeup – Tasha Drugakova

models – Tjarret, Shikiko

You will probably agree with me that all women are like flowers. There are as many kinds of women as they are of flowers. Each of them has her own fragrance, her own language. Some of them are scentless, but beautiful, ones are useless, others – not. One – as a timid wood lily, another – a bright rose or a proud iris. And all of them are wonderful in their own way.

In this series I tried to show only some types of them.  Being one part of a bouquet they hide themselves in real flowers. Today I’m gonna share with you two self-portraits.

Tulip and Lily Calla

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today I would like to share with you one of my recent works. I was working with this wonderful model for my “Better Halves” project and as we were almost done, I thought it would be pity to let her go without trying other things. Tasha Drugakova was helping me with the makeup and hair and I decided to use some of her hand made accessories to create this medieval look. The work of Lucas Cranach, the German Renaissance painter has always inspired me with it’s colors, lightning and subjects. To recreate that mood I used a dark green velvet  background. Also some transparent golden fabric from a fabric store. The crowns were made by Tasha Drugakova and I had the thought to combine them together for the heart shaped look. The lightning was natural window light. To get this painting look I used one of my textures.The best textures for that are stone surface textures.The right image was made with a long exposure, so you can notice a small motion, that also adds a painting like look.