CHARLI SAVAGE | My Magical World, And The Battle With Everyday Reality.

CHARLI SAVAGE | My Magical World, And The Battle With Everyday Reality.

“I purchased my first camera in June 2018 and put myself straight into manual mode. Next, I taught myself to use the camera, and in September 2018, I discovered the world of conceptual fine art photography and immediately started teaching myself Photoshop. I haven’t looked back since. I’m now primarily a self-portrait photographer; however, I enjoy photographing other people as well.” – Charli Savage

For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a love affair with the written word, and it’s this everlasting love of storytelling that ignites my passion for creating visual stories. Add to the mix my unending curiosity to traverse the unknown, take the path less traveled, see remote and otherworldly places, and my imagination runs wild. My work explores my own grandiose
ideas of an adventurous life, following my curiosity for all things strange and magical and my battles with the realities of everyday life.
I purchased my first camera in June 2018 and put myself straight into manual mode. Next, I taught myself to use the camera, and in September 2018, I discovered the world of conceptual fine art photography and immediately started teaching myself Photoshop.
I haven’t looked back since.
I’m now primarily a self-portrait photographer; however, I enjoy photographing other people as well.
All my images are shot on location. My location choices are anywhere with negative space, usually farmland, crop fields, parks, beaches, or small inlets, and occasionally, I’ll also use a plain white wall as my background. I like to create a set as closely as possible because I feel like I get to be part of the world, usually reserved just for my imagination.
I spend countless hours wandering through op-shops antique stores, Facebook Marketplace, etc., to find props and timeless clothing.

I’ve also started making my own costumes to expand on my creativity and incorporate that into my work. I even collect dead animals (already found dead and usually mummified/skeletal) with a plan to incorporate them into my work.
After photographing all the elements of my ideas, I composite them together in Photoshop. I then apply a texture over the top of my work, thereby turning my photos into photographic art that looks like a painting.
Along with exploring my own desires for an adventurous life, it is my mission to ignite the child-like curiosity within us all, to bring forth that forgotten sense of adventure and chase the magic, wherever that may be.

Read the full article in Lens Magazine Issue #82