Ellie Davies has have been working in UK forests for the past eight years, making work which explores the complex interrelationship between the landscape and the individual.
Davies notes UK forests have been shaped by human processes over thousands of years and include ancient woodlands, timber forestry, wildlife reserves and protected Areas of Outstanding Natural.
As such, forests are potent symbols in folklore, fairy tale and myth, places of enchantment and magic as well as of danger and mystery.
Against this backdrop, Davies’ work explores the ways in which identity is formed by the landscapes we live and grow up in.
The forest becomes a studio, forming a backdrop to contextualize the work, so that each piece draws on its location, a golden tree introduced into a thicket shimmers in the darkness, painted paths snake through the undergrowth, and strands of wool are woven between trees mirroring colors and formal elements within the space.
More of Ellie Davies’ fantastic photography can be found at https://elliedavies.co.uk/.
Humoring the Goddess 
I really like the gloomy atmosphere of these!
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They’re kinda surrealistic gloomy, don’t you think? All the mist around the trees…
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Wow. Love her work.
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It’s surreal and real at the same time, isn’t it? I love it.
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Thank you Claudia, her photos are truly masterful, and mystically intriguing.
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I feel as if there were faeries hiding on the other side of the mist. I’m so glad you like them.
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