WEEKEND
DREAM WORLD
Photographer Diana Frank celebrates the strength and beauty of her subjects while conjuring a fairy-tale landscape.
PURIST: What inspires you as a photographer? DIANA FRANK: People, light-play and the potential for magic. Capturing a millisecond in time, a moment that will never be recreated is truly sacred. My passion for photography and the creative expression that comes along with it began when I first became a mother, almost 16 years ago. An artist friend told me that I had a great eye, bought me a book on composition and encouraged me to hone my skills. My
husband then gifted me classes at ICP (International Center of Photography) that Christmas. Soon, I was chasing my children as well as other people’s children all over the place with a camera in hand, loaded with costumes, props, bubble machines and snow machines.
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There is a dreamlike quality to your work, a mix of beauty and fantasy. What appeals to you about looking at the world in this way?
All photos courtesy of Diana Frank
The subject of “Yard Bird Angel” is educator and filmmaker Diane Robinson.
