Photographer Profiles

Young Dutch Photographer Uses Compositing Techniques to Create Magical Self-Portraits

Ron Leach | Nov 29, 2016

Annegien Shilling is a talented artist/photographer from the Netherlands who creates magical self-portraits using nothing more than a good imagination, her own photos, and a few apps on an iPod Touch to create the composites. Her creative results have attracted international acclaim for their simplicity and charm.

A photo posted by Annegien (@fetching_tigerss) on Sep 3, 2016 at 1:01am PDT

Shilling began posting her work on Instagram (where she goes by the handle “Fetching_tigerss”) when she was 13, and she now has over 780,000 followers. Her photographs capture her in everyday settings, and are transformed into surreal scenes using simple image-manipulation skills.

A photo posted by Annegien (@fetching_tigerss) on May 4, 2016 at 12:19am PDT

A selection of Shilling’s work was recently featured in her own exhibition at Cuypers Hall in Amsterdam’s Central Train Station.

A photo posted by Annegien (@fetching_tigerss) on Feb 28, 2016 at 10:02pm PST

“I think it’s really cool that my pictures are being exhibited,” she said, adding that her followers typically only see her work on a computer screen. “Now everyone can see the photos in large format, which gives them a whole new dimension.”