Fallen Angel

Another piece in my "Visions" project: an ongoing exploration of fantasy; pre-Raphaelite; and Victorian classicism inspired images.

This particular image is part of a shoot I did a couple of years ago, featuring a young novelist (age 12, to be exact!) dressed as one of the elves, from her first novel. Although you can't see very well--that is one of her friends (the model from "Young Madonna", actually) lying in her lap. The bit of light color you see is her arm, peeping through a gap in her pseudo-Renaissance sleeve.

The title "Fallen Angel" was suggested by my interpretation of the image--a young elf cradling a fallen companion's head in her lap...I think she was drowned, somehow--which is why the textures in the image are meant to suggest seaweed and other aquatic plant life. After naming the piece--I realized that the expression I took for the stark grief of someone who cannot weep--could also be seen as a combination of purity and a sort of guilt--which gives the title a dual meaning. Perhaps she somehow had a part in her companion's drowning--or feels guilty about it somehow... (I'll leave the actual story to UKTara--who is far more suited than I to the task! )