Photographer Natalie Lennard (A.K.A. Miss Aniela) creates fantasy landscapes which perfectly show off the often-outrageous-but-always-glorious haute couture fashions at their center. The glamorous shoots feature surrealistic details and special effects, created with a combination of practical effects, photoshop, and even C.G.I. But the model’s poses and lighting are always captured in-camera.

I find these images visually intriguing and completely fascinating. I love Miss Aniela’s eye and her sense of fashion and drama. It would be really interesting if someone took some of these images as inspiration for a series of short stories. I’d love to know more about those universes she creates.

You can follow Miss Aniela on her website and on Instagram. You can also buy her photos on Saatchi Art.

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'THE BOOKKEEPER' (2016) (Crop section) Dog is from "An officer of the 4th Regiment of Foot" by Thomas Gainsborough (c. 1776-1780) Stylist: @leonidgurevich / Model: Joanna B / Dress: Maggie Norris / Earrings, necklace, rings: Iradj Moini / Makeup: Ava Roston #SurrealFashion #Giclee #limitededition #fineartphotography #fashion #surreal #statelyhome

A post shared by Miss Aniela: Surreal Fashion (@missaniela) on May 20, 2018 at 12:49pm PDT

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On the Kimpton's private beach in Grand Cayman, sunset shoot for our TV and print ad campaign with celebrity model Selita Ebanks. DREAM IN CAYMAN produced for the Cayman Department of Tourism, bringing our #SurrealFashion artistry into commercial. This little BTS reel gives a quick insight to the process of the whole Iguana segment – both video (shot by Beyond Content and ALT FX) with Red system and stills (shot by us) in #phaseone 100MP. We filmed and shot Selita for compositing with Peter the #blueiguana from the island's sanctuary and flying eagle rays in post-production. Final ad features Sarah McTaggart 'Beyond the Sea' soundtrack. Big thank you to The Richards Group, Dallas, for bringing this amazing job our way, and to my partner Matt for his tireless production work on this entire project. Agency: The Richards Group / Producer: Matt Lennard of Miss Aniela, working with The Richards Group / Client: Cayman Department of Tourism / Videography: Beyond Content @beyondcontent / CGI: Alt VFX / Photography & post-production: Natalie Lennard & Matthew Lennard of Miss Aniela @missaniela / Cayman Production Assistance: Badir Awe, Awesome Productions / Stylist: Leonid Gurevich @leonidgurevich / Model: Selita Ebanks @selitaebanks / Hair: Pasquale Caselle @hairbypasquale / MUA: Stephanie Ford @stephaniefordmua / Assistants: Tim Charles Matthews @talltimphotos, Chris Christoforou @supershinysoul, Joanna Dybisz / With thanks to Blue Iguana Nature Reserve, and to the Kimpton Seafire Resort 🔥 #adcampaign #styling #caymanislands #fashion #campaign #tourism #luxury #blueiguana #selitaebanks #caribbean @phaseonephoto @broncolor

A post shared by Miss Aniela: Surreal Fashion (@missaniela) on Mar 22, 2019 at 10:28am PDT

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'SHE SHOAL' (2019) For first time sharing this piece shot 40ft deep underwater in the Cayman Islands and combined with at least 20,000 #CGI silverside fish as part of an ambitious artwork originally commissioned for Cayman Islands DREAM IN CAYMAN fantasy tourism #adcampaign and by far our favourite from it! SWIPE ➡️ for detail 🐟 Short video to come. Produced by @missaniela & @richardsgroup / CGI: Chris Antoniou @antoniouchristopher / Underwater photography @caymanjason / Model @coral.cay / Team @talltimphotos @supershinysoul @freediversteph @leonidgurevich #giclee #limitededition #SurrealFashion #caymanislands #fashion #campaign #tourism #luxury #underwaterphotography #cgi #surreal #ps_bold #_ocean.life_

A post shared by Miss Aniela: Surreal Fashion (@missaniela) on Jul 18, 2019 at 10:16am PDT

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'STATE OF GRACE' (2017) coming to exhibition in Sweden soon… inspired by the 19th century angels and archangels of William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Herbert James Draper, to re-imagine the angel as otherworldly, ethereal creature of incredible scale, shot in the Green State Bedroom of Holkham Hall – the finest example of Palladian revival style and of architectural scale in England. A modern twist on the classical, shot with intricate post-production intended specifically for large scale print available on @saatchiart Model @ginaharrison, Hmua @pennold, Stylist @claudiarosewalder, corset @sian_hoffman Assistant Daniel Lennard #giclee #limitededition #surreal #art #fineart #fashion #fairytale #luxury #painting #dreamlocation #saatchiart #artistsoninstagram #wings #cgi #bird #angel #archangel #ps_bold

A post shared by Miss Aniela: Surreal Fashion (@missaniela) on Sep 20, 2019 at 11:01am PDT

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'CABINET OF CURIOSITIES' made 2016 but only released now, as I was re-inspired to finish it. Shot in Pines mansion New York, photo fused with painted objects all over the frame – taken from Kunst-und Raritätenkammer (1636) by Frans Francken and Vanits Still Life (1660) by Aelbert Jansz van der Schoor. Scroll for details 👀➡️ Stylist & dress: @leonidgurevich / Hair: @arrellanobeauty / Makeup: David Razzano / Model: Kim D / Earrings and necklace: Miranda Konstantinidou / Rings: Susan Ritter / #SurrealFashion #redhead #fineartphotography #giclee #limitededition #art #dreamlocations

A post shared by Miss Aniela: Surreal Fashion (@missaniela) on Oct 6, 2018 at 10:09am PDT

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'THE SECRET GARDEN' (2016) #wedding #fashion #fineartphotography #Giclee #limitededition #englishstatelyhome #surrealism #SurrealFashion

A post shared by Miss Aniela: Surreal Fashion (@missaniela) on May 28, 2018 at 1:16pm PDT

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Swipe for full print ad for Iguana, from DREAM IN CAYMAN bringing our #SurrealFashion artistry into a TV & print tourism campaign we produced for the Cayman Department of Tourism. Here, showcasing treasures of the #CaymanIslands… the endangered Blue Iguana, island celebrity Selita Ebanks, and Caymanian musician Sarah McTaggart 'Beyond the Sea' soundtrack (in the TV ad, see previous post), all combined to create a surreal moving dreamscape, eagle rays jumping over the night sea! We pulled together a dream team, our long-time reliant stylist Leonid Gurevich and videographers Beyond Content, striving to make a memorable and magical campaign. Big thank you to The Richards Group, Dallas, for bringing this amazing job our way, and to my partner Matt for his tireless production work on this entire project. BTS video to follow. Agency: The Richards Group / Producer: Matt Lennard of Miss Aniela, working with The Richards Group / Client: Cayman Department of Tourism / Videography: Beyond Content @beyondcontent / CGI: Alt VFX / Photography & post-production: Natalie Lennard & Matthew Lennard of Miss Aniela @missaniela / Cayman Production Assistance: Badir Awe, Awesome Productions / Stylist: Leonid Gurevich @leonidgurevich / Model: Selita Ebanks @selitaebanks / Hair: Pasquale Caselle @hairbypasquale / MUA: Stephanie Ford @stephaniefordmua / Assistants: Tim Charles Matthews @talltimphotos, Chris Christoforou @supershinysoul, Joanna Dybisz / With thanks to Blue Iguana Nature Reserve, and to the Kimpton Seafire Resort 🔥 #adcampaign #styling #caymanislands #fashion #campaign #tourism #luxury #blueiguana #selitaebanks #caribbean @phaseonephoto @broncolor

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WOLVES OF BEIHAI (2019) Presenting new piece in #SurrealFashion collaborative collection with @guopei. The [yá zì 睚眦], hybrid of wolf and dragon, is one of the nine sons of the Dragon King in Chinese mythology. Aggressive and defensive, he is found symbolised on swords' cross-guards, a legendary creature with a coat of both fur and scales. In this piece, working with a special effects artist we re-imagined the legendary creature as companion to a majestic and statuesque woman adorned in couterier Guo Pei, shot within Beihai Park, Beijing. #SurrealFashion #Giclee #limitededition #guopei #missanielaguopei Team: Photographer @missaniela / Couture by @guopei / Wolf Dragons by @antoniouchristopher Christopher Antoniou / Hair by @mingyue617 / MUA @zihuiyoung / Production by Miss Aniela & Guo Pei @syllllllllv #guopei #hautecouture #fineart #eastasian #china #beijing #dreamlocations @phaseonephoto

A post shared by Miss Aniela: Surreal Fashion (@missaniela) on Apr 7, 2019 at 10:55am PDT

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Pleased to announce the launch of the DREAM IN CAYMAN campaign we produced for the Cayman Department of Tourism, with the first piece 🐢 This campaign involved both stills and video we shot and directed out in the Cayman Islands. The remit was to bring glamorous, high-fashion artistry into a tourism campaign like no other, incorporating our #SurrealFashion aesthetic and styling by Leonid Gurevich to make it the envy of the Caribbean and of tourist boards worldwide. To forge magical, vivid scenes that last memorably beyond a magazine spread. Several of the pieces including this one were shot in the ocean, with help of underwater Cayman-based diving instructor & photographer Jason Washington, then conjured into an intricate but realistic composite through my post-production. This campaign would have been impossible without months of work by my partner producer Matt Lennard working tirelessly with Kerstin Fredrickson of TRG / The Richards Group. Major thanks to all the team from TRG, client CDOT, our invaluable photography assistants Tim Charles Matthews and Chris Christoforou during the trip, and to the whole team involved ☄ Credits overview: Agency: The Richards Group / Client: Cayman Department of Tourism / Photography, & post-production: Photography & post-production: Natalie & Matthew Lennard of Miss Aniela / Producer: Matt Lennard of Miss Aniela, and The Richards Group / Underwater photography stills: Jason Washington @caymanjason / Diving instructor: @stephlynn222 / Stylist & Dress: @leonidgurevich / Model: Carmen Obied @carmen_obied / Assistants: Tim Charles Matthews @talltimphotos, Chris Christoforou, and Joanna Dybisz for the most important job of all in looking after my child Lilith ☄ #adcampaign #styling #caymanislands #fashion#campaign #tourism #luxury

A post shared by Miss Aniela: Surreal Fashion (@missaniela) on Mar 12, 2019 at 8:39am PDT

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INTO THE LAND OF THE QILIN (2018) (crop) Whilst the Western world is familiar with the dragon and the phoenix, there are lesser-known supernatural beings in Chinese mythology. One of these is the Qilin, "the Chinese Unicorn". The Emperor Yongle proclaimed these animals as magical and saw them as a legitimisation of his greatness, but they also embody humility and benevolence. Although the Qilin may be terrifying to behold, legends describe it as a gentle and peaceful creature. . . It is believed that the Qilin would appear during the reign of a good ruler, or shortly before the birth or death of a sage. According to belief, the birth of one of China’s greatest sages Confucius was made known when a Qilin appeared to his pregnant mother. This Qilin coughed up an inscribed jade tablet foretelling the future greatness of the child in the womb. Dress by @guopei as part of our #missanielaguopei #SurrealFashion series. Qilin created by Guodong Zhao #qilin #chinesemythology #chineseunicorn #guopei #cgi @mingyue617 @zihiuyoung @syllllllllv Scroll for detail and full piece ➡️

A post shared by Miss Aniela: Surreal Fashion (@missaniela) on Nov 8, 2018 at 4:24pm PST

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As we plan the next 10 days of shooting in Beijing, I am thinking to certain images from our portfolio. Those that most emphasise height, shoes and detail of dresses. Keep following my STORIES (daily, as long as my trusty VPN works!…Instagram is banned in China!) for our updates on our trip. OTILIA (2013) stylist @leonidgurevich from our Crazy Couture shoot in Hamptons NY

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