photographer CHARLES HELLEU
There’s a magic in snakes that both seduces and unsettles. Moving without footsteps, their sleek, scaled bodies glide across earth and stone as if tethered to an ancient pulse, something older than time. Snakes are nature’s quiet shape-shifters—forever shedding, forever renewing. It’s no wonder they slip into our dreams, stories, and symbols, embodying transformation, danger, wisdom, and rebirth—a duality as elusive as their glimmering skin.
In dreams, snakes are more than creatures; they are whispers from the depths, curling around the edges of our subconscious. They beckon us to confront the unseen—secrets, fears, desires. They wind through these nocturnal landscapes as metaphors, wrapping themselves around our psyches and daring us to choose: resist or surrender. To dream of a snake is to be invited into metamorphosis, to stand at the threshold of change.
This essence of transformation finds an echo in make-up—the art of becoming. Make-up is not mere adornment; it is alchemy, a ritual of identity, emotion, and possibility. Like the snake, we shed layers of ourselves, letting go of what no longer serves. With each brushstroke, we emerge anew—bolder, softer, wilder, or more serene.
The shoot explores this delicate interplay—the untamed and the crafted, the raw and the refined. Snakes weave through a dreamscape alive with iridescent tones and bold strokes, threading unpredictability into the polished world of beauty. The make-up, shimmering like an offering to the surreal, contrasts the snakes’ earthy simplicity: glittering eyes, stained lips, a glimmer of the untamed.
Scales meet pigments, shadows curve like serpentine bodies, and each element whispers to the essence of dreaming. This is not a vision of perfection but of transformation—a reminder that both snakes and dreams are portals to change, calling us to shed what no longer fits and step boldly into the unknown.
In this world, we are all dreamers, all serpents in our own way—constantly shedding, reinventing, and gliding forward into the endless mystery of what lies ahead.
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