Photography by Mikel Marton
Model: Rey B
Through a haze of delirium
doubles the day-light moon,
like a blinding mirage projecting East,
Hails the nomadic White Witch.
`Darkly dreams, and unsettling cosmic beauty saturates this Montreal-based artist's work.`
You always remember your firsts and Montreal`s Mikel Marton was one of mine. Mikel who is represented by the contemporary art gallery "Envoy" in NYC, was one of the first artists who really inspired my love of storytelling within photography. The `darkly dreams` description sums up why Mikel`s work is so powerful to me. Dreams, the ones that you remember, the dreams that shake you awake at 3a.m and make it difficult to return to sleep, are not generally the ones with cotton candy and puppies.
`His young subjects are brazen as the unbound spirit, only but adorned with an other-wordly phosphorescence.`
What I love so much is how Mikel creates his darkly dreams. Often when artists create fantasy they focus on the making the models look God Like and angelic. The models in Mikel`s visions are very real and ground the story. When we dream we generally remain who we are, it is the dream that surrounds us. Rey B is the perfect centerpiece for Moonlight Knight. His face, his eyes express delirium within the setting Mikel has surrounded him in.
Check out more of Mikel`s work, including his incredible self portraits on his blog HERE: & his new tumblr site HERE:
