False Nothings' photography

False nothings is a photographer/model who frequently uses some sweet fairytale imagery, such as in the above Snow White piece.

DalaiHarma's Jabberwocky

DalaiHarma is an Australian portrait photographer behind some amazing pin-up/fetish/manga-inspired pieces, including the Jabberwocky series, based upon the Alice books.

Graeme Balchin's paintings

Graeme Balchin is an Australian painter with a fairly impressive portfolio. His work includes lots of fairytale imagery and themes, but the above two pieces in particular caught my eye.

Vogue: Into the Woods

Vogue magazine's September 2009 issue featured a LRRH-themed shoot by Grace Coddington and starring Natalia Vodianova. See Chic Report for more scans and more info on some of the fashion labels.

Little Red gone bad

Valentina Kallias is a photographer/model whose site features some fab gothic portraits, including this LRRH-inspired number.

Theatre in the Forest: The Winter's Tale

At first I couldn't work out the connection between Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale and the fairytale image presented above, other than the simple fact that this particular production takes place in a forest, which is a rather dubious link. Then I remembered that The Winter's Tale is the source of Shakespeare's most famously odd stage direction: "Exit, pursued by a bear," which I suppose explains the LRRH-meets-Goldilocks poster to some degree.

A larger picture, from a photograph taken by yours truly, is presented below.

This production of The Winter's Tale is by the Red Rose Chain Film & Theatre Company.

Ophelias Overdose's Freaky Little Red Riding Hood

Ophelias Overdose is a goth/fetish model who appears in a number of great fairytale-themed photographs, including ones of Sleeping Beauty, the Frog Prince, Alice and of course, Red Riding Hood (who appears to have developed something of a drinking problem, possibly inspired by real world paranoia about the tale).

Emilysaurusrex's Red Riding Hood I-IV

Emilysaurusrex's series of Red Riding Hood photographs really is quite sinister, especially by it's conclusion.

Krawuzi's Red Riding Hood

There's quite a bit of fairytale-themed photography that incorporates elements of fetish and glamour, but still, Krawuzi's set of Little Red Riding Hood images really are quite well composed.

P.S.

Kawuzi also has a fab set of photos based on Disney's Ariel, the Little Mermaid. If you're headed over to her site, I'd recommend checking out those too.

Dina Goldstein's "Fallen Princesses"

Photographer Dina Goldstein has an excellent series of photos available to view at JPG Magazine. Her Fallen Princesses series juxtaposes Disneyfied fairytales with modern, real-world issues facing women, such as war, disease and body issues.

Fesign's Little Red Riding Hood

More Flickr now, this time with fesign's take on Little Red Riding Hood (warning: some more mature-themed photography in this photographer's stream).

Denise Alba's Fairytale Flickr

Denise Alba has a great fairytale-themed set up on Flickr, including images of LRRH as well as other fairytale-inspired creations, all of which have the same wonderful aesthetic on display.

Inaugural Oz post, plus: BadEggs-x

One of the things that I intend for the future of this blog is to expand its scope so that it becomes about not just Little Red Riding Hood media but media related to some of the other popular fairy tales that I am interested in as well. This should increase productivity around here and also allow me an outlet for my various other obsessions. So this post here is my very first post about something not at all LRRH-related: the Wizard of Oz.

Yes, I know that one could easily argue that the Wizard of Oz is not a fairy tale at all, but it certainly seems to be a peculiar kind of modern fairy tale, along with lots of other, similar texts that originated in the late nineteenth, early twentieth century, such as Peter Pan or Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass (and yes, I do intend to do a post about Lost Girls - a modern and very "mature" updating of all three of the above - someday). The Wizard of Oz has certainly nestled its way into the imagination of countless modern writers, artists, song writers and game designers (and of course, bloggers), and I certainly intend on writing about that here.

So, to kick off, here's a link to a particularly useful index of Oz-related books (Personally, I highly rate Geoff Ryman's Was and Gregory Maguire's Wicked). As well as some photography by (and often starring) the wonderful BadEggs-x:

I recommend checking out BaddEgg-x's deviantart page, in particular her Once Upon a Time series, which of course also features none other than - who else? - Ms Little Red Riding Hood:

 

And incidentally, yes, I do realise that I could always just create a separate blog for things related to other fairy tales, but I'd rather keep a cap on just how many blogs I can feasibly neglect at one time, if that's ok (*still feeling slightly shameful after having left this one alone for so long*).

Sarah Kane's Little Red Riding Hood

I heartily encourage you to check out photographer Sarah Kane's portfolio, which includes a series featuring this rather haunting Red Riding Hood.

Personally, I just love her take on Snow White too. That blood-red stream is what really sells it.

Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf

For more like this, see Bagaak's photostream.