I discovered Tom Chambers‘ photography on Artsy a year ago when I was curating the ARTmonday post Figures in the Landscape. These fantastical portraits of young women with animals in fairy tale-like landscapes have a moody quality, mixed with the irresistible subject matter of alternately adorable, ferocious, and exotic animals and girls swathed in taffeta and tulle.
Tom Chambers was born and raised on a farm in the Amish country of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He graduated in 1985 from Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida, after which he worked as a graphic designer. He has concentrated on this evocative, photographic storytelling since 1998.
Here are 18 examples of Tom Chambers’ photography.
Daybreakers
Winged Migration
Horse Talk
Icy Road
Cow Girl
Late For Dinner
Prom Gown 1
Saccharine Perch
Seabird Mimicry
With One Eye Open
It’s Only Normal
With the Pack
Presumptuous Guests
Grimalkin’s Opus
Glass Flower
Pretty As Me
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