Surreal Florals: Annie Collinge's Collage Sketches

The work of London-born, Brooklyn-based photographer Annie Collinge has a tinge of dystopian fantasy. Her photographs find beauty in darkness and melancholy - or perhaps the other way around. The images are somewhat of a riff on the idea of paradise: from the haunting images of The Underwater Mermaid Theatre to the stills of doll heads in Unwanted Objects. 

As photography is a window, Collinge's Collage Sketches are the antique mirror, foggy and cracked in the corner of the attic. Her use of florals is breathtaking; few artists can successfully sever florals from their dainty stereotype.

For fall/winter in the fashion landscape, I am drawn to the idea of a moodier floral. Whereas flowers are tied to springtime and sunshine, these blooms do not emerge until after dark.

Sweatshirt from Etsy (available here), Dolce & Gabbana floral skirt (available here), Nicholas Kirkwood pumps (available here), Bottega Veneta box clutch (available here), Aldo ring (available here).

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Collage sketch credit to Annie Collinge