Izzy

 

Photograph by Richard Gardner.

You may share Richard's photos;

if you do, please keep his name with them.

Izzy was painted by TheFontBandit.

BJD Faceup - FHSH Doll TIAN2023 faceup by R.Dean

Watch a doll being painted here; click the link on the video.

Tara

 

Photograph by Richard Gardner.

You may share Richard's photos.

If you do, please keep his name with them.

Tara's paint is by BeachGirlNikita.

Whiter Shade of Pale

 

You Can Buy Richard's Book Here

 This is the link to buy the book of photographs of my dolls taken by Richard Gardner:

https://www.blurb.com/b/12505666-les-poupees-doll-culture

Richard is not making any money off the book.  The book is priced at Blurb's cost to produce it. It is not a big book; it is 7x7 inches.  It is softcover, 44 pages. If you click on the image at Blurb, you can see a short preview.

About Richard Gardner:

Richard Gardner’s roots are grounded in beauty.

Major influences include the celebrated fashion photographer Sarah Moon in addition to Surrealist artist Man Ray.

For decades as a hairdresser, make-up artist, and photographer he has documented the perceived reality of beauty within the current zeitgeist.

His photography has shown in galleries nationally and internationally.

A self-taught photographer, Gardner has taken courses at both the International

Center of Photography and Center of Photography at Woodstock.

His hand-colored images have been a part of the course curriculum at ICP.

In addition to his fine artwork, Gardner had accepted professional commissions from the beauty industry. Clients had included Revlon and L’Oreal.

The Seamstress Rabbits

 I decided the dolls needed clothes and I was too lazy to make them.

https://g.co/gemini/share/b00a6a6bf46b

The Curious Rabbits and the Cathedral Dolls

 The story of the rabbits continues here:

https://g.co/gemini/share/9beb43473993