TED Fellow Uldus Bakhtiozina is a Russian photographer who asks ordinary people she meets in her travels to model for elaborately staged, costumed, surreal portraits. Full of whimsy and drama, her images often tell the story of their inner worlds. This series, Light of Magic, was inspired by a young Filipino schoolgirl’s poem about still believing in magic.
BAKING – stick to the recipe (you can usually adjust sugar content to taste, though)
BREAD – wait for the right weather conditions (or engineer them), be one assertive and self-confident motherfucker because dough can feel it if you aren’t, a blood sacrifice probably helps, trust the gods
PASTRY – your God is dead, the god of gluten and madness is risen, abandon all hope ye who enter here