- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: Ebury Press; illustrated edition edition (7 Sep 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0091910730
- ISBN-13: 978-0091910730
- Product Dimensions: 28.5 x 21.9 x 1.9 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 783,056 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Unique and stunning fantasy book combining faeries with contemporary design and photography
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While photographing a broken-down cottage in a shady forest, architect Cathryn Thomlinson stumbles upon a seventeenth-century manuscript hidden under the crumbling floorboards. Intrigued by the references to 'faeries', Cathryn eagerly deciphers the text, but finds it to be the ramblings of an old woman, Good Dame Kellerman, who claimed to have discovered a faerie realm within the forest. But when Cathryn's film is developed, she is astonished to see small creatures with sprouting wings, glancing mischievously at her from the photographs!
In the Forest Fey presents us with Kellerman's extraordinary journal, illustrated with ethereal photos of the faeries, documenting the history and everyday lives of the beautiful beings that, unbeknownst to humans, inhabit our world alongside us. This remarkable series of tales begins with the creation of the faeries and their realm, and follows the escapades of individual faeries and the clans to which they belong.
This unique book evokes a world of romance, innocence and heroism, where tales of immortal beings sit alongside stunning, dreamlike images of the faeries in their forest.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Creative and Inspiring!!
14 May 2007
The simple but meaningful stories coupled with the exquisite photographic art of these two sisters is both compelling and inspiring. This book is a must-have for those who collect faeries and faerie art. It definitely ranks up there with well-known faerie realm artists such as Brian and Wendy Froud, Charles Vess, Terri Windling and more, but the beauty of this book is that the realism captured by their human subjects. It makes the story and the work that much more beautiful.
Again, if you collect or find inspiration in the Fey folk, this book is a must have!
Again, if you collect or find inspiration in the Fey folk, this book is a must have!
A Great Fairy Tale
24 Feb 2010
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Amazing creativity both in the photography artwork as well as the story telling. Both parts were woven together to create the whole work -- allowing the reader to travel into the world between reality and imagination. Very enjoyable.
3 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Misleading description. Cheated!
10 Aug 2007
The book is very pretty. However, I am a serious Faery believer and only buy good Faery art books and documentaries.
The description of this book focuses on the fact that the author discovered a real life, centuries old journal about Faeries and, to her own surprise, found that she had inadvertedly photographed a real Faery, and went back to the cottage, where she took more photos that proved the existence of Faeries.
I fully expected the book to be mainly about the journal and to show these photographs as proof. How disappointing to see that it only contains made up art photos of models in 'fancy dress', wearing makeup and with artificial or Photoshop added wings. Even after the first page which describes the original real Faery photo, instead of its reproduction we get a beautiful model dressed as a fairy posing as described.
The promised old photos are so very few and so small, that if there are supposed to be Faeries in them, it's impossible to see them. And, unlike the human art photos, none of them have a name, any description or comment whatsoever, so we don't have any idea of what we are looking at. Furthermore, on the epilogue the author described artifacts, Chalices, etc that she discovered, stating that she included their photos on the book for the reader's interest. I searched over and over again and could not find any. The only photos at the end of the book depict the made up costumes.
The Foreword talks about the translated journal pages. I assume that these are the ones dated around the 17th century, because they just appear on the book without any reference. These are followed by writer story-telling tales which, together with the models photographs, make up the majority of the book's contents.
Visually beautiful this book certainly is. But its description is completely misleading. If you are into fairytale stories and modelling, then this book could be for you, but if you are serious about the Faery World and are looking for a documentary with proof as insinuated on its description, then stay right away from it!
The description of this book focuses on the fact that the author discovered a real life, centuries old journal about Faeries and, to her own surprise, found that she had inadvertedly photographed a real Faery, and went back to the cottage, where she took more photos that proved the existence of Faeries.
I fully expected the book to be mainly about the journal and to show these photographs as proof. How disappointing to see that it only contains made up art photos of models in 'fancy dress', wearing makeup and with artificial or Photoshop added wings. Even after the first page which describes the original real Faery photo, instead of its reproduction we get a beautiful model dressed as a fairy posing as described.
The promised old photos are so very few and so small, that if there are supposed to be Faeries in them, it's impossible to see them. And, unlike the human art photos, none of them have a name, any description or comment whatsoever, so we don't have any idea of what we are looking at. Furthermore, on the epilogue the author described artifacts, Chalices, etc that she discovered, stating that she included their photos on the book for the reader's interest. I searched over and over again and could not find any. The only photos at the end of the book depict the made up costumes.
The Foreword talks about the translated journal pages. I assume that these are the ones dated around the 17th century, because they just appear on the book without any reference. These are followed by writer story-telling tales which, together with the models photographs, make up the majority of the book's contents.
Visually beautiful this book certainly is. But its description is completely misleading. If you are into fairytale stories and modelling, then this book could be for you, but if you are serious about the Faery World and are looking for a documentary with proof as insinuated on its description, then stay right away from it!
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