Fairy Island#3 Photograph

Iva Lulić captures myths and old national beliefs characteristic of her country. They are photographed at authentic locations throughout Croatia. She does not use computer manipulation in her work, but each photo is carefully directed and designed using only natural and artificial light combined with long exposures attempted to portray supernatural creatures from Croatian mythology. Belief in fairies is the most widespread of all. Most often they are described as beautiful young ladies with long hair and soft and transparent body, with beautiful eyes, pleasant voice, dressed in airy white gowns, with a shroud over their head which allows them to fly. If their shroud gets torn, they will lose their ability to fly. Their hair is most often golden, let loose and long, so it hits the ground. Their hair must not be pulled; even if a single hair is pulled out they will die cause of it! They live secluded from people, in nature, most often in forests, and they come out of them to meadows and roads, but they are most often seen near or in the water. They are often seen alone or in odd numbers of three, five, seven or nine. They can transform into a bird, cloud, fog, flower or something similar. It was said that the fairies do their fairy dance in places far away from any human presence, most often on the meadows surrounded by forests. Places, where they danced, were marked by a perfect circle. Within that circle, there would have been no grass. People avoided those places, especially at dusk, because they believed that fairies would do them harm. Only rare, pure people could join their dance, either accidentally or when invited by fairies themselves. -full series at www.ivalulic.com

Photography:Color on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:41.6 W x 29.1 H x 0.1 D in

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