What better occasion than a new Facebook fan page and an upcoming large-format book to celebrate the amazing artistry of 666 Photography?
The first image I discovered by Austin photographer Gayla Partridge was a portrait of a petulant corseted beauty holding a pygmy goat. I was new to the world of neo-Victorian costuming and had stumbled upon the picture while looking at the fabulous hats of Topsy Turvy Design. I was instantly besotted.
Burrowing into the colorful website of 666, I found pinup girls and drama queens, harlots and virgins, burlesque beauties and high concept art. Gayla makes all her own props and often hand-paints her backdrops, which gives the sets a timeless tintype feel.
Like pages from a story-book, her photos speak of stolen moments and hidden treasures, epic display windows in the most delectable shop ever.
Gayla delights in technicolor gloss and vintage va-va-voom. Truly, you have to love an artist who constructs five-foot mushrooms for her shoots and recreates period sets and moods ~ but with a campy modern twist.
Most recently, her breathtaking series of "Muertos" photographs, with longtime collaborator Lisa Naeyaert as the model and make-up artist, graced the glossy pages of my beloved Coilhouse.
Gayla's love of the female form is clear, and it must be as joyful an experience to model for her as it is to behold the images. Peek behind the scenes in a recent interview with Gayla from Austin's Rare Magazine.
See more of Gayla's delicious pictures and keep up with her on her blog, her mySpace page, or Twitter, as well as her website and new FB page.
Bonus temptation: the cephalopod-lovers won't be able to resist clicking this link to see Gayla's perfectly odd portrait of a little girl on the Cephalopod Tea Party blog...
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9 comments:
That pygmy goat is so damn cute!
Oh, you beat me to it, Choklit!
I wanted to write a post about this fantastic studio very soon but I think you've done a better job than I could have. I am so in love with these photographs that I have little printouts and Coilhouse pages of them above my craft desk for inspiration. Love, love, love the colors, fantasy, and femininity.
Gorgeous! Love the ballerina.
I too am besotted....(don't get to use that word often enough!)
Besotted works for me too...
what fun! Thanks for the intro to this wonderful collection
She has a vunderbar eye and imagination....thoroughlt enjoy her work!
Wow. I just can't say enough about this photographer. Fresh, amazing and wonderful work. I will take one of each please! :)
WICKED COOL.
P.S.
Word verification: "firesag"
HAhahahaha!
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