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“I think the story of 'Alice in Wonderland' in a way is a reminder that life is frightening, it can shift on you at any moment.” – Michael Sheen There’s a lot of tragedy in fairytales. Take Wonderland for ins...

Interview: Aaron Mcpolin Reveals The Grace of Shibari With Photography

December 21, 2017

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Since its invention, photography has been an incredible tool to document humanity and to get the best insights into global subcultures and countercultures that have fed what we now know as new contemporary art. Aaron McPolin is a fashion and beauty photographe...

The Oneiric and Moving Photography of Emma McEvoy

November 14, 2017

When you are feeling lonely and everything seems dark, just remember you are part of something bigger and that you are forever linked to nature. It is the kind of message emerging from the work of Emma McEvoy. ...

Embroidered Humanity: The Photography of Aline Brant

October 19, 2017

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Art can be and can do many things. But sometimes, it just needs to make us connected with other human beings thanks to a genuine pureness. Aline Brant is one of those artists we are grateful they exist, as ...

Make Art That Matters: Interview with Alexia Sinclair

October 10, 2017

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Ghosts haunt an ancient mansion on a frozen lake in Sweden. Courtly ladies of high society luxuriate in ethereal fields of flowers. Beautiful monarchs rule with different styles as varied as the colors of the rainbow. Some lead with grace, others with armi...

The Organic and Surreal Photography of 3cm’s Yung Cheng Lin

September 16, 2017

Just one glimpse and you will realize that the photography of Yung Cheng Lin is dancing on the edge of beauty and bizarre. Based in Tainan, Taiwan, this young art director and photographer is also known as ...

Dark, Mysterious Fairytales by Ekaterina Belinskaya

Jantine Zandbergen

August 19, 2017

Remember Disney’s Snow White? Or The Little Mermaid? The classic Disney films we all loved as a child have a much darker origin than many know. Snow White’s stepmother for instance, in the original story fr...

The Cute and Weird Universe of Ellen Sheidlin

August 1, 2017

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Instagram icon Ellen Sheidlin is Nabokov’s most twisted fantasy made true. Indeed, the writer of Lolita could not even have pictured a creature such as this internet phenomenon who is hypnotizing more than 3 million followers. Twenty-three year old sylp...

The Magic of Sally Mann

Evan Senn

June 29, 2017

Photography started as the first true collaboration between fine art and science. The technology of this unique machine was created to record reality, or truth, quicker and more honestly than a painter or a...

The Haunting Photography of Haris Nukem

June 21, 2017

There are many terms used to describe the work of Haris Nukem. Surprisingly, most of the time, they are connected to glamour, as if the photography of the British artist were just some casual eye candy. But let...

Flowers Die and Fairies Live: Interview with Bella Kotak

June 20, 2017

"Rage, rage against the dying of the light." - Dylan Thomas As Bella Kotak shoots, time is against her. The Golden rays are her only help, yet they flee the night sky like fairies in a rush to get to their secret celebrations. She has to work with urgency a...

Kyle Thompson: An Exploration of Self

Kim Crowie

June 12, 2017

Dark, obscure expressions of self, often juxtaposed with warm, sepia undertones. This is the photography of Kyle Thompson. His manipulation of the tangible into otherworldly stories brings my mind to the ho...

The Protean and Unsettling Universe of Roger Ballen

May 29, 2017

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If one thing is certain, it is that the art of Beautiful Bizarre Magazine issue 007's featured photographer Roger Ballen will get you out of your comfort zone. In the work of this South African photographer...

Tantalizing Nude Photography of Corwin Prescott

Allie Schaitel

May 25, 2017

Fine Art and portrait photographer, Corwin Prescott has the ability to capture a variety of content with such thoughtful attention to detail, technical precision, and tasteful editing. Some photos are of Corwin's adventures through the wilderness; he captures ...

Brooke Shaden: Death, Beauty, and Light Through the Darkness

May 5, 2017

It is our fascinations and obsessions that help make our art. Brooke Shaden portrays themes such as death, rebirth, beauty in darkness, and dreams through her photography. I first discovered Brooke after Googli...

Rimel Neffati and the Allure of Imperfection

Danai Molocha

May 1, 2017

French photographer Rimel Neffati's (and Beautiful Bizarre Magazine issue 006 | Sept 2014 featured artist) answer to having no technical knowledge working with a camera was to strike a pose and let her instinct...

Myths, Dreams, and Politics: An Interview With Franz Szony

April 21, 2017

Shakespeare once said, "All the world's a stage." If that’s true, then maybe art is its royal theater. Sumptuous. Regal. Decadent. Avant-garde. These are my impressions when I look at Franz Szony’s photographs. Magnificently detailed, staged and shot, Franz’s ...

Romantic Tales With an Edge: Interview With Katie Eleanor

Jantine Zandbergen

April 11, 2017

We all have artists we love so much that they can do no wrong. Directors that can’t create a film you don’t love, writers that publish book after book that steals your heart and painters that seem to be deeply ...

Stas Kadrulev: Nudity Is a Landscape

February 15, 2017