Fantastic Beasts and Where I Find Them - Her Personal Bestiary

Muses with Fur. Companions with Presence.

This isn’t pet spam — this is soft myth-making from the inside out. Fantastic Beasts is my way of seeing the world through the quiet power of animals — not as subjects, but as collaborators. Dogs, cats, and creatures I live alongside become co-authors in a monochrome diary of domestic magic.

Their stares, their habits, the way they take up space — it’s all art. Every portrait is a soft act of reverence. I don’t just photograph them. I become part of their world, one blink at a time.

The fur is real. So is the gaze.

Sections

Creature Comforts

Photo stories that explore the rituals, rooms, and rhythms of living alongside animals. Soft homes. Strong bonds.

Musework & Myth-Making

Photographic studies that echo the tone of fine art — inspired by Léonard Foujita, Gwen John, and mythic portrayals of animals in classical painting.

Paws, Prints & Poetry

Short visual essays or caption poems that capture the subtle moods and gestures of animals — sometimes funny, sometimes sacred.

INSPIRED

The project draws influence from both contemporary photographers and classical fine art. Masayuki Oki’s poetic portraits of Tokyo’s stray cats — full of intimacy and respect — inspired a lens that sees animals as collaborators, not props. Likewise, the feline muses of Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita, Gwen John’s quiet domestic interiors, and ancient paintings that elevate animals as symbols of loyalty, grace, and myth, all inform this work’s tone. These aren’t just pets — they are presences, woven into our daily rituals, our moods, and our memories.

The project draws inspiration from the poetic self-reflection seen in Masayuki Oki’s portraits of Tokyo’s stray cats, and the deeply intimate work of photographers who become part of their animals’ inner worlds. But it also carries echoes of fine art — from Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita’s iconic feline muses, to Gwen John’s quiet interiors, to the mythic softness in the way ancient painters once immortalised animals as symbols of loyalty, solitude, and grace.

Familiars-in-Residence

𝕸𝖊𝖊𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖊𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖒𝖞𝖙𝖍 — 𝖆 𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖔 𝖔𝖋 𝖉𝖔𝖒𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖈 𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖊𝖘 𝖈𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖊𝖉 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖗𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖜𝖎𝖙.

  • Poppy

    “All side-eye and subtle chaos — Poppy is equal parts grace and grumble.”

    The eldest cat and least impressed. Poppy carries herself like a retired editor: judgmental, exacting, and oddly tender. She tolerates chaos only because she has mastered it. Indy may follow her, but Poppy leads like she has somewhere better to be.

  • Pepper

    A terrier with main character energy and a loyalty contract signed in sass.”

    A border terrier with the presence of a shadow and the confidence of a co-director. She’s stubborn, expressive, and inseparable from Chloe — padding through city streets like they own them. She may technically belong to Callum, but loyalty follows instinct, and her instinct chose Chloe.

  • Indy

    “Quiet, watchful, and unexpectedly bold — Indy is a whisper wrapped in velvet.”

    A long-limbed paradox in black fur. Shy yet talkative, aloof yet affectionate, Indy is a cat of dualities. Once mistreated, she now moves through the world with cautious grace and unexpected warmth. Her gaze is both vulnerable and defiant — the kind of stare that belongs in a portrait, not just a window.

Chloe

““They’re not just pets. They’re poetry with paws.”