A Secret Life
Alicia Grima
Foreword The author has often found photography, escapism from the modern world. The line between fantasy and reality has always inspired and influenced the author in her work and interests. This book is the story of a secret life, whereby the character portrayed lives a dream like existence. ‘A Secret Life’ has been influenced by mythology and fairytale stories, narrated by various explanations through quotes from a variety of sources and literature. The aim of this book is to inspire and capture the imagination of the reader and in turn, provide a form of escapism.
Photography & Styling Alicia Grima
Models:
Harriet Luckham Harriet Duke Megan Usher Martha Attang
Hair & Make-up: Alicia Grima Harriet Luckham Laura Rzemieniecka Martha Attang
A Secret Life
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I had stryed into a dream� - J.R.R. Tolkien
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" here is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion� - F. Bacon
Making discoveries sweet and not so sweet�
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- J.M. Barrie
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" eauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and Devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man� - F. Dostoevsky
"I“f we do not find anything pleasant, at least we shall find something new�
- Voltarie
"How still the night is, nothing sounds alive� - J.M. Barrie
She is dangerous now�
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-J.M. Barrie
I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quiet over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine.� "
- W. Shakespeare
She walks in beauty, like the night, Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright, Meet in her aspect and her eyes.� "
- Lord Byron
"Before milk white, now, purple with
loves wound�
- W. Shakespeare
"How long within this wood intend you stay?� - W. Shakespeare
“Au fond de l’lnconnu pour trouver du nouveau - Through the unknown, we’ll find the new” - C. Baudelaire
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To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind� - W. Shakespeare
"The last of the English roses� - P. Doherty
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“ he symphony must be like the world. It must embrace everything.� - G. Mahler
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“ ver hill, over dale, through bush, through brier, over park, over pale, through flood, through fire: I do wonder everywhere swifter than the moons sphere.� - W. Shakespeare
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought”
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- A. Szent-Györgyi
Give way to ecstasy”
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- J.M. Barrie
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“ ulled in these flowers with dances and delight� W. Shakespeare
“To the ends of the earth” - W. Golding
“In the spiced Indian air by night, full
often hath she gossiped by my side, and sat with me on Neptune’s yellow sands.” - W. Shakespeare
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“ t is sometimes just over the horizon and sometimes beneath our feet� - B. Froud & A. Lee
"If you wish it� - J.M Barrie
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“ nd the light shineth in darkness: and the darkness comprehended it not.� - St. John
To see a world in a grain of sand, And a Heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour� “
- W. Blake
“Dancing on the edge of the world” - U.K. Le Guin
The End
With thanks to, Giannina and Andy Cappuccini, for letting me photograph in their house, garden and glasshouses. Hall Barn, Old Beaconsfield for their enthusiasm and use of their beautiful Follies. The Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew for use of the Palm House. My models, make up artists and assistants. My teachers, Michael Daks, Sarah Hand and Chris Overand for their help and advice. All of my friends, especially Kate Franklin for her valued opinion and being by my side through the ups and downs. My family, especially my Mother and Stepfather and finally Tom Milnthorpe for his unconditional love, encouragement and support without whom I may not have completed my final year at university.