This photograph was taken in 2023 with a young cosplayer who had made the wings of her foam costume herself. I met her at a convention and fell in love with her costume. When I added a metal helmet to her outfit, I immediately thought of the Valkyries, the female warriors who choose the souls of the dead worthy of entering Valhalla.
Valkyrie takes its inspiration from a mythological theme, reinventing the Nordic archetype of these complex figures, both protective and terrifying, who choose who will live and who will die.
The raven in flight, held on the hand, is a key figure in Nordic symbolism. A companion of the gods (like Hugin and Munin, Odin's ravens), it embodies wisdom, prophecy and a link with the afterlife.
As a self-taught artist, photography came fairly late in my personal career. I first practised other disciplines such as ballet, singing, painting, drawing, theatre, cosplay...
A former model myself in the 'Medieval Fantasy' world, I moved to the other side of the lens because..
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