Worlds of Wonder – Julia Rae

The artist’s self-portrait morphs into a character of dreams creating imagined worlds and illustrating ideas through composite layers of photographic images. Each story teeters between the real and the
surreal.

This body of work began during lockdown 2020 expressing the artist’s feelings and ideas using whatever props and images could be photographed from around the home and using the model available, herself. Conceptual photo artistry is about creating what the artist sees and envisions using the camera as a tool to create a work of art.

Each image is imagined, sometimes from a feeling, a phrase, or inspired by a particular prop. After sketching the idea, time is spent scouring op shops for dresses and props, finding locations and textures. All elements are gradually captured in camera. In photoshop the magic begins as each individual element is brought together and blended into a new reality, a world of wonder.