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I have shown you the photos but never made it to a video ... here we go =) 

This shoot was a sudden inspiration and my will to tell another story.

In the deepest darkest corner of my wardrobe I found a crown from a ball in Moscow. Venice Ball. All the debutants get it there. Its a fancy event where everyone has to learn how to dance for about 4 months, but to get to this part you have to pass 2 interviews, where some snobs decide if you are worthy of their high society. Don't get me wrong, It's a beautiful event. But the "kitchen" of it is not that pretty.

The people who visit it are very very different. Majority tho ... are snobs and girls that are looking for a husband, or ones that were made to go there by their rich parents, so they network.

What's my problem with this? I don't have any, but I have thoughts. Some girls there were not the mass, they had other dreams but find a husband. But I saw that it is hard for them to rebel from this fake world of smiles, where you HAVE to be "a girl". One of them became my good friend, and she told me a story, of how hard it was to turn away from what this society wanted her to be, to take off the fake and unneeded crown.

The problem is that for these people looks and your fancy surrounding are important. Not what you actually are or do. That is why I wanted to show you a beautiful girl that is literally tied to all this beauty and can't take it off. But how happy she is, when she get's out and throws away that crown ?

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PrincessAnnette.mov

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Comments

David Sonnen

Anastasia, this is an important work. Shibari is the medium enabling her story. The overarching, universal fact that women are often imprisoned in cultural bondage. This cultural fact denies many women their opportunities to reach their full potential. Your art begins to illustrate the fact that women can escape constraining cultural bonds. And, that escaping is hard, very hard. Strong work, Anastasia.

Magic-shelters

So emotional, so evocative. It brings the binding nature of the whole princess mythos is used to control and manipulate women and keep them subservient to the status quo. Your talent as a photographer and story tellers really comes through. Thank you!