Fantastic Beasts and Where I Find Them - Her Personal Bestiary
Muses with Fur. Companions with Presence.
This isnโt pet spam โ this is soft myth-making from the inside out. Fantastic Beasts is my way of seeing the world through the quiet power of animals โ 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 โ itโs all art. Every portrait is a soft act of reverence. I donโt 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 โ inspired by Lรฉonard 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 โ sometimes funny, sometimes sacred.
INSPIRED
The project draws influence from both contemporary photographers and classical fine art. Masayuki Okiโs poetic portraits of Tokyoโs stray cats โ full of intimacy and respect โ inspired a lens that sees animals as collaborators, not props. Likewise, the feline muses of Lรฉonard Tsuguharu Foujita, Gwen Johnโs quiet domestic interiors, and ancient paintings that elevate animals as symbols of loyalty, grace, and myth, all inform this workโs tone. These arenโt just pets โ 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 Okiโs portraits of Tokyoโs stray cats, and the deeply intimate work of photographers who become part of their animalsโ inner worlds. But it also carries echoes of fine art โ from Lรฉonard Tsuguharu Foujitaโs iconic feline muses, to Gwen Johnโs quiet interiors, to the mythic softness in the way ancient painters once immortalised animals as symbols of loyalty, solitude, and grace.
Blog Post Title Four
It all begins with an idea.
Blog Post Title Three
It all begins with an idea.
Blog Post Title Two
It all begins with an idea.
Blog Post Title One
It all begins with an idea.
Familiars-in-Residence
๐ธ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ โ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐.
-
Poppy
โAll side-eye and subtle chaos โ Poppy is equal parts grace and grumble.โ
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.โ
A border terrier with the presence of a shadow and the confidence of a co-director. Sheโs stubborn, expressive, and inseparable from Chloe โ padding through city streets like they own them. She may technically belong to Callum, but loyalty follows instinct, and her instinct chose Chloe.
-
Indy
โQuiet, watchful, and unexpectedly bold โ Indy is a whisper wrapped in velvet.โ
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 โ the kind of stare that belongs in a portrait, not just a window.
Chloe