Part 4 - Further Research

Particularly to her exhibition 'Vintage Dolls' the viewer is led into the cloistered rooms of a strange but beautiful dream. A fantasy home inhibited by girls caught at moments of play, rapture and torment. In this series Everton established the gravity of her signature vision: a surrealists taste for the uncanny. It is rare for a photographer to be accomplished in both reportage and fine arts although Everton effectively translates her insights and skills of the real to the making of them from the imaginary.

Everton reveals, 'My photographic art is primarily concerned with depicting an untouchable with elements of magic realism, i put together images that show quiet, introspective and unconscious moments of life and our relationships with others.

This approach achieves a connection on a physiological level and creates scenes with theatrical qualities...almost like cinematic movie stills.

'The images [of Vintage Dolls] capture a series of surreal adult themed moments expressed from a childs fantastical perspective --> represents her cultural, racial and social values, inspired by her own upbringing in a multicultural family.