The Pre-Raphaelites, re-imagined
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Today, let's look at contemporary photography inspired by Pre-Raphaelite art: images based on specific paintings by Rossetti, Millais, and others; and those that simply conjure the spirit of the art, with a moden twist.
Above, for example, Australian photographer Donna Stevens re-creates "Venus Verticordia" and "The Blue Bower" by Dante Gabriel Rossetti for her Love Letter to Rossetti series.
Below, English photographer Tom Hunter sets two classic Victorian paintings -- "Ophelia" by John Everett Millais and "Home from Sea" by Arthur Hughes -- in the Hackney Marshes of London. (For other works in this series, see: Reinterpreting the Pre-Raphaelites.)
And here are a few more art and fashion photographers who have come under the Pre-Raphaelite spell...
Below: Fashion shoots for Italian Vogue by American photographer Annie Leibovitz and Polish photographer Małgorzata Maj (now based in London).
Below, fashion shoots for Italian Vogue by English photographer Miles Adridge .
Below, "The Forgotten Duchess" and "The Fishmonger's Widow" by American photographer Caroline Knopf.
Below, two darkly Pre-Raphaelite images by German photographers Billy & Hells (Anke Linz and Andreas Oettinger).
Below, "Ophelia" by Russian photographer Ekaterina Belinskaya.