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STAND MAY - JUNE 2017
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// from the Editor
Looking back over the years I have lived so many different lives. I was a homeless person, a troubled teen, a mother, a single mother, an office worker, a disabled person, a district manager, an actor, writer/director, a photographer and a magazine/book editor. Did I set out to be all of those things? Certainly not. A few of them were situations that I could not avoid, but all of them helped shape who I am. But some of them...the ones that have shaped me the most...were choices I made that scared the hell out of me. Life has a way of bobbing and weaving on you and pushing you where you need to go. I think the trick is to be open to the possibilities. Opportunities are hard to spot most times, but when you do - you must be ready to take chances. Say yes to the things that scare you - because usually what lies on the other side of that fear is greater than you know. Most recently, for example, I was presented the opportunity to be the official event photographer for William Shatner’s charity event. I don’t shoot events! I am not even sure I could do a great job, especially the pressure of shooting celebrities - but you know what - I said YES! I will do it and I will do a great job at it - because it scares the crap out of me, lol. That fear will drive me to succeed. When I began doing STAND one year ago, I had no idea if anyone would like what I was doing. I just knew that I enjoyed photography, that others loved seeing great pics of various dolls, and I wanted to celebrate some to the incredibly talented photographers out there. People that make my jaw drop and push me to be a better photographer myself. I am so thrilled that I took that chance. And I am so grateful that people responded so positively. This particular issue is, by far, my most favorite. Being able to share the thoughts of our contributors about why they love this hobby, photography and creativity has just taken it to a new place. I am humbled that they share their work, and themselves, with us. Thank you all for making the STAND Lookbook a success. And hey, next time you are faced with an opportunity - say yes. Take chances! Live fearlessly, my friends, Sharon Wright Editor-In-Chief thestandmag.com
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doll: KID DELF / LUTZ photographer: SHARON WRIGHT
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photographer: ALL BONG
doll: MORGA / SOOM photographer: DOLLS OF MILENA
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photographer: ANNIE SPRATT
doll: TASHA / ELFDOLL photographer: DOLLS OF MILENA
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doll: SAINT / DOLLSHE photographer: LISA JAMESON
As an artist, BJD’s have given me a way to express my creativity. Over the years I’ve seen them evolve with more human features, through more experienced sculptors and I’ve watched my collection change from the more Anime looking dolls to more realistic dolls. I like to think of them as little people. They constantly challenge me to experiment more as well as hone my skills. As I work on each doll, I see their individual personalities emerge in the process. My dolls are a means of escape from the outside world and stress. When I work on them, I am focused on only them and the hours melt away. I rarely ‘play’ with them because I see them more as pieces of art that add to the décor, rather than toys. I paint them, dress them and then portray them on a shelf or piece of furniture. I love to photograph them and capture their charms, each with its own specific character. They seem to come alive in photographs and my favorite compliment is when people say they thought the doll was a real person. I’ve been painting BJD’s for over 10 years. I’m as obsessed with them now as I was when I first started collecting. I enjoy painting new sculpts but most of all, I like making people happy when I’m able to transform their dolls into something unique that they can be proud of. - Lisa Jameson
photographer: XUSENRU
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doll: :VERONIQUE STAGE PRESENCE / INTEGRITY TOYS photographer: NUNEANDTO
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doll: PEEWIT / POPOVY SISTERS photographer: DOLLS OF MILENA
For me photography is the way to make my dolls alive; dolls are my only models. They are not just toys, they can picture emotions even, if they do not feel, and they can trigger emotions in people, who look at them. They can also fake humans, and I love that illusion; thanks to this trick we can tell more about people, because of proper perspective and distance. Dolls can be metaphors. Sometimes people who see portraits I made, say that “these models look a bit like dolls”, some really think that they are real people… Doll’s photography is the way of explaining how I actually see world. When we say “this doll is so tired” we actually mean that this doll looks tired, because doll cannot be. This is very interesting topic for me, how people can be real and fake. I am the writer, and photography is a kind of holidays from literature, sentences, descriptions, Sometimes I can say more with one picture, than in multiple pages of book. I can say it differently, sometimes it is the only way. This art is about searching right way to express myself and my way of perceiving the world, so I am looking for the right doll, the right clothes and hair for her, the right make up, and scenery, and photography technique, and I cannot stop looking… I love to create this little worlds, they are like dreams. - Dolls of Milena thestandmag.com
doll: VENITU / FIFTH MOTIF photographer: LISA JAMESON
photographer: XUSENRU
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doll: ADELE THE MUSE / INTEGRITY TOYS photographer: NUNEANDTO
My doll photography begins with my passion. I just bought a camera when I was 25 and started taking pictures with Barbie and her friends. It’s funny that I really didn’t know anything about using the camera at all. I just felt that I wanted to do that like other people who are really inspiring. I learned taking pictures from my experiences, some books, and youtube channel. The more I touch the camera, the more I feel happy with the results I made. - Nuneandto
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photographer: ANNIE SPRATT
doll: SWEET ISLA / SOULDOLL photographer: PURE EMBERS
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doll: ASHANTI / IPLEHOUSE photographer: LAKEIDA SPRENKLE
Raise your hand if the sight of a leaf laying on a plank of wood warms your heart. Okay maybe I’m the only one with my hand raised right now, but I just love the beauty and energy that lives in all things. Okay what about a cup of coffee, on a cafe table, maybe even with a pair of shades near by; you see, it doesn’t take fancy photoshoots or expensive props. All things have inherit beauty, we just need a little help in seeing it. I think that is what initially drew me to ball jointed dolls. They are the embodiment of still life photography. Inanimate objects that are living art. And it brings me so much joy to reveal their miniature world to my world. I’ve always been very artistic, I draw a little, paint a little, write short stories, but never completely gave myself to any form of expression, not until I started photography. I had finally found my way of leaving behind a part of me in the world after I’m gone. I was here! - Lakeida Sprenkle
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doll: DORIA VAMPIRE / IPLEHOUSEE photographer: LISA JAMESON
photographer: IGOR OVSYANNYKOV
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doll: GITANA / GRANADO photographer: SAIKO WEISS
I love taking bjd photos a lot. They are perfect models who help me expressing different thoughts, problems and feelings. Every time I take photos with them, I wish to see not just a photo with a doll, but a complete story where a doll is a model, a character, a tool that helps me express this or that idea or a thought. In such a picture I want to see a huge meaningful story that is more than in a usual photostory. I want those who see them linger their eyes scrutinizing every little detail. Sometimes such stories are the part of my inner world, and sometimes - just the topics of interest at the present time. I’m interested in presenting a doll in a way it would seem a living creature, so uncommon poses and dynamics help me in achieving that effect on a photo. Dolls are wonderful helpers at self-expression – they can fully “encourage” all the ideas that come into mind regardless of how crazy they might be <3 I really love our hobby for the opportunity to look at it through the camera lens. In my opinion photography is one of the most important parts in it as we’re sharing not only our dolls to the whole world with it, but our dreams and fantasies as well. Magic is near us. - Saiko Weiss thestandmag.com
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doll: DRYO / IRREALDOLL photographer: TSUBASA MAKEUPDOLLS
I have always loved art , specially drawing and painting, so I did an Art school and afterwards some eschibition of my oil paintings. And one day, in 2007 exactly, I ordered, as a Christmas gift for my cousin, a doll I wanted to transform in her favorit JPop singer, and all began at this very moment ! It was really love at first sight for me ! The doll allowed not only to explore a huge universe of tranformation and imagination, but also it allowed me to discover the pleasure of photography . With the makeup and the sculpture, I startedtransforming dolls for all my friends and for myself. But the most exiting moment wase the one of photography, which creating a whole personal universe . Then comes the joy of sharing this photo, as if we were entrusting a part of ourselves, with the hope of giving a piece of dream in a world that, I think, is in great need of it - Tsubasa Makeupdolls
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doll: SIREN / XTREMEDOLLS photographer: SHARON WRIGHT
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photographer: KIEN-DO
doll: MIRWEN MINIFEE / FAIRYLAND photographer: PURE EMBERS
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doll: VENITU / FIFTH MOTIF photographer: NATSUMI / FREY74
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doll: TWIGGY YUMI / ELFDOLL photographer: PURE EMBERS
My doll universe is a mixture of a magical land that I’d love to live in and a place inside myself that I might like to escape. Each of the doll types I collect bring something different into that world… my Pullips have established backstories and will always mean a lot to me even though they don’t get enough attention these days, my Blythes are cute and fun to photograph and I love looking at them sitting on their shelves every day at least as much as I like taking their photos, and my BJDs bring an exciting realism into the mix which I’m really enjoying exploring. My Flickr photostream is a bit like a diary for me and even if it’s not obvious at all, the photos will represent an element of how I’m feeling at the time I take them. I try to balance the number of darker photos with lighter ones although I often find myself returning to the same themes. Through my doll photography I have discovered that I have an unexpected love of forests and underwater worlds and it feels quite strange for that to have emerged subconsciously. It makes me wonder what else my dolls are trying to tell me about myself… perhaps it’s the character they’ve given to me? - Pure Embers
doll: MAD LOVE RAYNA & SHE OWNS EVERYTHING ERIN (opposite) GLAMOROUS DARLING POPPY PARKER / INTEGRITY TOYS photographer: LILI REED
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doll: BYURI / IPLEHOUSE, EUN-A / ELFDOLL, BERNARD / DOLLSHE photographer: NATSUMI
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doll: SQUIRREL / NYMPHÃ&#x2030;ASDOLL photographer: TSUBASA MAKEUPDOLLS
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doll: YEON HO / CROBIDOLL photographer: PURE EMBERS
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doll: ANIMA / IMMORTALITY OF SOUL photographer: ILONA MARIA KALINOWSKA
The doll hobby is a very important part of my life. Doll photography creates a very special place in my mind that is far from all the troubles and stuff that makes life hard. When everything around looks tired and bad I take my camera and dolls and I start looking through the lens. The most important thing is not to avoid the moment when the place, the time and the light seems to be good enough to take some nice pictures. I always try to catch the light as beautyful as it is in its nature. For most of my doll pictures I use really old and oldschool analog lenses- I believe that they have one of a kind ability to catch the best od natural light. The best part of the game is also to take a picture that does not have to be photoshopped. For most of my pictures I publish online it really works. Catching the perfect moment of connection between me, my lens, my doll and the nature makes me really happy. - Ilona Maria Kalinowska thestandmag.com
doll: VENITU / FIFTH MOTIF & HA / PIGMALIONDOLL (body Dollstown) photographer: NATSUMI / FREY74
photographer: ALEXANDRA P
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photographer: IGOR OVSYANNYKOV
doll: HAKURIN / OR-DOLL photographer: DOLLS OF MILENA
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doll: ADELE GLAMAZON / INTEGRITY TOYS photographer: NUNEANDTO
photographer: ROBIN RÃ&#x2013;CKER
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doll: OOAK POPPY PARKER / INTEGRITY TOYS photographer: WIL HEROLD
photographer: IGOR OVSYANNYKOV
My original background is in Fashion Merchandising and Interior Design, although I did take several photography courses in college. When I opened my gift store several years ago I began taking pictures of merchandise for promotional and web design purposes. This in turn lead to a collaboration with my friend Jon Copeland, photographing character dolls for a Twilight themed charity auction. It was from this activity that my passion for photography was truly reignited. What I love most about doll photography is the freedom of being able to create wild fashion shoots and fun editorials in a small scale. The ability to shoot almost anywhere with just a camera, a doll and some imagination. My aspiration is to produce photos that mimic fashion and swimwear layouts. I guess I have always wanted to be a Sports Illustrated swimsuit photographer â&#x2DC;ş. I also enjoy the fantasy elements I am able to create working in this medium. I love to make the viewer question if they are viewing a doll as a person, or a person as a doll. - Wil Herold
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doll: SAINT / DOLLSHE photographer: TORIASOLL
Somebody said once that this hobby is a unique chance to hold your characterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hand. Unfortunately I do not know who was that guy but I definitely know s/he was absolutely right! - ToriaSoll
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doll: ELISE LA VIE EN BLEU (opposite) ADELE PAPARAZZI BAIT/ INTEGRITY TOYS photographer: NUNEANDTO
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I have always been obsessed with details. Wondering, how much a small flower left on the bench can say, what mood can be transmitted through a photo of empty bottles catching the sunlight on their sides or how you can feel the softness of the fabric captured well with all those folds. Simplicity. That is the exact word of what I try to catch on my photos. Shortly passing moments like a sudden smile or fast motion, invisible things like breath and laugh, things what everyday life consists of: morning make ups, auto repairs, writing mails or doing some silly things just for fun. All parts of this. A real life. Just in scale 1:3. Somebody would say, hey, it’s crazy! The dolls can’t laugh or cry or anything else you write about. But they don’t have to. That is my part of the game, as a photographer. And I want to play so that you would believe they could do all these. And much more. Tell the story. Share these simple moments I shoot with others and show their brilliance, fragility and true value. - Natsumi
doll: EVA / IPLEHOUSE photographer: NATSUMI
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doll: TASHA / ELFDOLL photographer: KASIA NOWAK
My imagination is quaint, and my thoughts are crazy. My dolls are my soul - I feel that I have a strong tie with them. I always look for the realistic features in my dollsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; faces. As I see it, my dolls are really alive. They are for me and I am for them. The customization, sewing and cogitating of stylisation for my dolls are the great pleasure for me. Honestly, I could wear such clothes like my dolls. The most pleasant activity in my hobby is taking pictures of my dolls. The photograph of my doll is very important for me. I perceive it as a remembrance of her. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something like a remembrance of a special person who was close to my heart. I like watching dolls on my photos; every doll has an individual biography and every one of them is part of me. All my photos always mirror my mood: sometimes it is sadness, sporadically - cheerfulness and lightsomeness... - Kasia Nowak
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doll: MIKO / PPINKYSDOLLART photographer: TSUBASA MAKEUPDOLLS
photographer: KEITH WICKRAMASEKARA; PALO CECH
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For me, doll photography is the window to the soul of doll collecting. It is the pulse, the lifeline, that brings these essentially inanimate objects to life and gives their plastic existence context. It is truly fascinating to see these tiny, 13 inch ladies come to life and inhabit their matching small-scale worlds in such a vivid way - be it by creating a scene or vignette and photographing them in it or doing close-up shots and portraits highlighting their beauty. You can create so much mood and attitude with a small scene and a properly styled and posed doll. Details really do matter, especially when you do close-up photography as I tend to love to do. One misplaced lash, one stray hair on the forehead, one mote of dust on the nose or slightly crooked earring post, and it shows and you have to redo the whole thing. The same goes for poses - head, chin, arms, hands, fingers. When I find myself in a strained position trying to pose dolls, I often joke that people have no idea how much work goes into actually posing dolls in a way that doesn’t make them look like marionettes held together by strings and wire. Doll pictures are what introduced me to the world of doll collecting in the first place and photographing them is what has anchored me into this world since. In fact, I often assess a doll’s beauty and potential by how she looks in front of the camera and what I can draw out. When a doll works, you are just standing there saying “wow” a dozen times as you click away. If I cannot connect to a doll through the lens, I don’t keep her. That’s how important photography has become. - Lili Reed
doll: EDITORIAL EDGE LILITH AND TROUBLE EDEN / INTEGRITY TOYS photographer: LILI REED
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photographer: JAMES PRITCHETT
doll: POPPY PERIWINKLE / NIKKI BRITT STUDIOS photographer: TSUBASA MAKEUPDOLLS
doll: GISELLE COSTUME DRAMA / INTEGRITY TOYS photographer: NUNEANDTO
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photographer: GARRETH HARPER doll: PURE NEEMO / AZONE photographer: SHARON WRIGHT
doll: WALLY / NABARROS BOYS; TITUS / GRANADO; CAROL & BEATRICE / DOLL CHATEAU RYU / MIGIDOLL; VENITU / 5TH MOTIF photographer: SAIKO WEISS
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photographer: MATEUSZ DACH
doll: DIA / SOOM (body Dollits) & M / IMMORALITY OF SOUL (body DollChateau) photographer: TORIASOLL
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contributor contact list The STAND Lookbook is not possible without these incredibly talented people Show them some love and let them know you appreciate their talents.
Lisa Jameson http://www.pepstarsworld.com/ Ilona Maria Kalinowska https://www.flickr.com/photos/waranamama/ ToriaSoll https://www.flickr.com/photos/126272103@N08/ Wil Herold https://www.flickr.com/photos/128031702@N07 Natsumi https://www.flickr.com/photos/-natsumi-/ Freya74 https://www.flickr.com/photos/freya74/ Lakeida Sprenkle https://www.instagram.com/sprenkle_me/ Saiko Weiss https://www.flickr.com/photos/saiko_xix
Kasia Nowak https://www.flickr.com/photos/53925872@N02/ Dolls of Milena https://flic.kr/ps/Y6wFL Pure Embers www.flickr.com/photos/pure_embers nuneandto www.facebook.com/nuneandto Lili Reed https://www.flickr.com/photos/poupee_chinoise/ TSUBASA MakeupDolls http://chouanne3.wixsite.com/tsubasamakeupdolls
Supplementary images are used with permission by photographers or sourced from various CC0 platforms.
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