Fairy Tales Noir

the sisters are mute during their magic shows until the very end. for the last trick, they speak. gems and flowers fall from one mouth while snakes and toads from the other. though they are heralded as great illusionists, the abilities of their cursed lips are real.

Annie Leibovitz photographed Amy Adams and Tim Burton in scenes from the Red Shoes, by Hans Christian Andersen, in next edition of American Vogue.

I love these beautiful depictions of famous Russian fairy tales you should really look them up. These particular photographs are by Kareva Margarna.

The Prince was beside himself with grief, and in his despair he jumped right down from the tower, and, though he escaped with his life, the thorns among which he fell pierced his eyes out. Then he wandered, blind and miserable, through the wood, eating nothing but roots and berries, and weeping and lamenting the loss of his lovely bride. So he wandered about for some years, as wretched and unhappy as he could well be, and at last he came to the desert place where Rapunzel was living. Of a sudden he heard a voice which seemed strangely familiar to him. He walked eagerly in the direction of the sound, and when he was quite close, Rapunzel recognised him and fell on his neck and wept. But two of her tears touched his eyes, and in a moment they became quite clear again, and he saw as well as he had ever done. Then he led her to his kingdom, where they were received and welcomed with great joy, and they lived happily ever after.

Little girls, this seems to say, never stop upon your way, never trust a stranger friend No-one knows how it will end As your pretty, so be wise Wolves may lurk in every guise Now, as then, ‘tis simple truth, sweetest tongue has sharpest tooth…

LOVE this photo shoot by Eugenio Recuenco. Fashion and fairy tales.

LA COMPAGNIE DES LOUPS (COMPANY OF WOLVES - 1984). Un film de Neil Jordan.

Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty

to lift her up by brookeshaden on Flickr.