EDEN by MICHELLE DE ROSE & DORA MOIS
Michelle de Rose (Mihaela Coman) is a fine-art, portrait and fashion photographer from Romania. Her work has been featured in magazines (Nasty Mag, SYN Magazine, Flanelle, Virtuogenix, Kunst, Design Scene, A Part Publications) and exhibitions (INstantes Festival at Art Museum Constanta Romania, ImageNationParis, iNstantes Festival Portugal - 2019, SUBLIMATIONS Milano - 2019, SUBLIMATIONS Arles - 2019, Photovogue Festival, HONORABLE mention at IPA 2017).
Dora Mois was born in 1990 in Bistrita, Romania, and graduated from the University of Art and Design, Film and Photography section in Cluj-Napoca. She is based in Bucharest where she is working both as a stylist and as a photographer. Her work was published in magazines like Vogue, Solstice, Virtuogenix, Kunst.
Photographers / Michelle de Rose Website | Instagram
/ Dora Mois Instagram
Makeup / Mihaela Cherciu @mihaelacherciu_mua
This story follows Dora and Michelle as they photograph each other on the hills of Transylvania. Two photographers being both the muse and the artist, in a double role, losing all their inhibitions in a beautiful exercise of freedom.
Michelle: “I felt this trip as a journey of self-knowledge where beauty surrounded us everywhere. Imagine our feelings as we photographed each other, our bare feet meeting the wet ground, a cold bath in a river, the sound of the wind when it met the leaves, the sun caressing our naked bodies. None of us had done this kind of thing before. In the first days we were pretty lazy, then everything went by itself, becoming like an in-depth study of the nude and its emotional implications.”
Dora: “Working with Michelle is always wonderful, different and inspiring. For me she’s one of the most creative photographers I’ve ever met as well as a great friend. We complete each other in many ways, one comes with an idea and the other one is taking it further and so on. These few days we spent in the countryside in Transylvania, the place where I grew up, were a big challenge for me. I usually hide behind the camera, but this time I had to be vulnerable and open in front of it. Michelle inspires me as a model as well, she’s very expressive and beautiful. I admire her grace, her powerful yet feminine expressions of her face and body, and her natural dance with her emotions. She’s new and different in each image.”