Fashion is one of those fields that are in the center of the debate on whether it should be considered an Art or not. Design, Advertising, Landscaping, etc. are other examples of this debate. The trend now is to finally recognize Fashion and other commercial disciplines as forms of art. Proof of this is the various exhibitions that world-class institutions have hosted, like the Alexander McQueen exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum in New York or the Jean Paul Gaultier's at Le Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal.
At the center of this hurricane, photographers are the keystone holding up the massive weight of fashion creation and its subsequent commercial exposure. The Art of creating images for this industry has evolved to very refined, even baroque levels of craft and techniques, and the list of amazing photographers within its ranks is immense. However, I found the work of Natalie Dybisz, a.k.a Miss Aniela, standing out of the ocean of images with a delicate yet bold language that borderlines with surrealism and maximalism.
In my opinion, this is the result of a refined intuition towards esthetic values and norms: Mixing the opulence of the French Courts and English Naturalism with the current industry standards and taking it to a whole new level of contextualization and detail. That intuition could be explained by the fact that Miss Aniela is a self-taught photographer and her work seems to be freed of academic rigor. There is, however, a classic pictoric quality to her work that relays a theme or a story and serves her with high-impact visuals, sophisticated ambiance, and a way to deliver a concept and a message. Her characters seem to be immersed in the worlds she fabricates for them, more than just posing for a portrait, and this makes it almost anecdotic and relatable. For your surreal and most fashionable eyes: The Art of Miss Aniela
(All Images and Videos used with permission of the artist)
Images: © Miss Aniela
Images: © Miss Aniela
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