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Born in Toronto of Swiss parents, Gabrielle de Montmollin is a photographer who uses toys and plastic dolls and figures to create allegories of nature, womanhood and dreams. Both seductive and vaguely sinister, her images are fantasy landscapes that encourage viewers to laugh happily/uncomfortably while trying to reconcile the storytelling elements they contain.
For the "Bird Women" series, Xavier Debeerst, AnamorFose remarked, "...the images are more sober but still keep the dynamism so typical for her images. I like to compare these photos to a classical Greek play. First you have the presentation of the characters and then you have the play. In this set of pictures you have the presentation of five mythical actors with masks. The movement of the characters inspire the spectator to make his own play. The strong figures are dancing a mythical dance which is accentuated by the bird-mask."
