CANDY POP!

Jodie Herbage is todays tasty treat on our Brand New Art We Heart section. Her breezy photography is effortlessly cool and its own little way a bit raw. We we’re super chuffed to be introduced to her  captivating work, and her page is definitely going to be bookmarked. Enjoy Ballad Folk. We certainly got lost in her website for um, lets say a few hours?

Some CANDY POP!! inspiration for the train to Geordie Land. We love a bit of non literal inspiration here at Ballad HQ

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THE QUEEN of CANDYPOP!! – Let them eat cake, baby!

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Sometimes, it feels really really special to sit back and look at magnificent work such as Neza Pompe’s pieces. Whilst looking through her blog, we may have well as being in the National Gallery as her work has a very old school, fine art essense about it. We do love anyone who has an appreciation for such art. Something a bit different today, and oh boy it’s refreshing.

We don’t know about you, but we are pining for a bit of horror in our lives at the moment. Let’s relive Petra Doe through the wonderfully dark illustrations by Miranda Foxx. The selfconfessed whiskey drinker has an obvious love for the morbid and darker side of life, so step into her world (if you dare, of frail dead butterfly wings, whiskey and murder sillouhettes. Its a creepy one.

Emily Reader AKA The Rose Petal Deer lives in a princess palace…seriously, pink, sparkles…the whole lot!! But of course…that’s not the reason she’s todays Ballad feature. We love a bit of vintage twee and delicate illustration and thats exactly what Emily is showing us today. Now we know we keep banging on about her woooooonderful bedroom BUT, can you imagine a CANDYPOP! shoot in there folks? PERFECTION OR WHAT?!

News just in!! Diana Chire has a whole lotta new stuff on her website. We just lurve it when we get updates from our favorite artists, so when we recieved the email from the lovely Diana, we couldn’t contain the excitement. The vunrability and sensual quality of these shots make them spectacular, not to mention the colours and tones. Diana, you have outdone yourself.

Here she is, Valentina Pezzo the other half to the duo Laura Cammarata & Valentina Pezzo. Check out these CANDY POP beauties, earthy vixens basking in the sunlight – or pisces pixies, whatever these girls are, we love them! We have heard rumour that the pair are planning to submit to the next issue. VERY exciting!

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Green eye’s and red hair, a smile that takes her anywhere. It’s not often we get to quote SUGGS, so today is a good day. This is just one of many shoots by the talented Laura Cammarata over on her website that has caught our attention, so rather than show you the lot, we thought we would tempt you over there with this dewy country garden treat.

LC is half of the partnership Cammarata & Pezzo who hold photography workshops in Italy. Pezzo to come tomorrow…

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