This photograph is my homage to John Bauer’s original fairytale illustration that inspired the creation of this doll. It was shot on Cypress Mountain, BC.
“Many years have passed. Still Princess Cottongrass sits and looks wonderingly into the water for her heart. She is no longer a little girl. Instead, a slender plant, crowned with white cotton, stands leaning over the edge of the pool. Now and then the moose returns, stops, and looks at it tenderly. Only he knows that this is the princess from Dream Castle. Perhaps she nods and smiles, for he is an old friend, but she does not want to follow him back; she cannot follow anymore, as long as she is under the spell. The spell lies in the pool. Far, far under the water lies a lost heart”
Which image do you prefer: the true colour or the stylized, desaturated tone? I can’t decide which one to pick for the book. Which one do you think looks more magical?
