Ghosts in Dresses

Australian photo artist Meg Cowell has been focusing on photographing vintage dresses (complete with bustles) and undergarments  in an unconventional way: underwater. She submerges the dresses and photographs them against black velvet as they float. The series is called "To The Surface," and each dress took a few days to conceptualize and shoot. 
Listen to her interview with Jennie Lenman while you look at the images below.

 "I installed a 1000 litre pool in my inner-city backyard, in which I suspended and arranged my selected garments, using water as a medium of buoyancy and illusionistic display. I select my subjects for their associations with the icons of rites-of-passage in Western myth, specifically the ‘princess’ archetype and its contemporary manifestation in the ritual of the white wedding dress." - Meg Cowell

 The photographs will be on display at the Dickerson Gallery in Australia from July 24 - August 15, so if you happen to be on that continent, swing by and take a look!

Minted / Burn the Black Lodge
Sweet House
Savage Valley
Tidal
Conquest
photos: Meg Cowell

 See Meg talk about her work:

via flavorwire and slrlounge

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sadrmom said…
An interesting second use for a gown...
July 16, 2013 at 2:02 PM
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