Visual tales of surrealist photographer Giulia Grillo

British photographer Giulia Grillo, better known under the pseudonym Petite Doll, is a real sorceress. It seems that nothing is impossible for her. Grillo can visualize almost any fantasy using a camera and editing programs. Despite the fact that her works are actual photographs, they are very similar to the paintings of the surrealists.

Giulia Grillo is a true visualization professional. She received a diploma from the Italian Academy of Fine Arts and completed a master's degree in photography at the University of the Arts London. But it is absolutely clear that no education makes a photographer out of an ordinary person with a camera. Petite Doll's extraordinary talent helps her build graceful bridges between fantasy and reality.

It’s easy to notice that the hero of most of Grillo’s works is the same woman. Let's reveal a secret - the photographer uses himself as a model. Who else can so accurately depict what is needed for a surreal photograph if not the author himself? In an interview, the photographer says that each of her paintings is based on an ordinary photograph. Then it acquires details that are born during processing. Petite Doll does not always imagine what the finished masterpiece will look like, and this makes her work similar to painting.

By creating his photographs, Grillo destroys stereotypes and canons. There are no limits or restrictions for her. The photographer boldly combines the beautiful and the repulsive, the real and the fictitious. She is a true philosopher, using symbolism and visual paradoxes to influence the viewer.

Giulia Grillo's works have repeatedly won recognition at prestigious competitions. She is the winner of the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize and the INPRNT Photography Award 2023. The photographer's works are presented in galleries in Europe, the USA and Asia, as well as in many private collections.

Another famous surrealist photographer is Russian Max Sauko. He never ceases to amaze the world with his erotic images, divorced from reality.