INSPIRATIONAL SUNDAYS - KRISTY MITCHELL Part I

INSPIRATIONAL SUNDAYS - KRISTY MITCHELL Part I

*Please Note: All text below are from www.DailyMail.co.uk*

Kirsty Mitchell’s late mother Maureen was an English teacher who spent her life inspiring generations of children with imaginative stories and plays. Following Maureen’s death from a brain tumour in 2008, Kirsty channelled her grief into her passion for photography.

She retreated behind the lens of her camera and created Wonderland, an ethereal fantasy world. The photographic series began as a small summer project but grew into an inspirational creative journey.

'Real life became a difficult place to deal with, and I found myself retreating further into an alternative existence through the portal of my camera,' said the artist.

'This escapism grew into the concept of creating an unexplained storybook without words, dedicated to her [my mother], that would echo the fragments of the fairytales she read to me constantly as a child.'

To read the rest of the article and see more lovely pictures, please visit here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2145760/Wonderland-Kirsty-Mitchell-heart-breakingly-beautiful-photographic-series-memory-extraordinary-life.html

For Kristy Mitchell’s official website: http://www.kirstymitchellphotography.com

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