Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Because it is one of my favourite children's books and one of the inspirations behind Amélie & Alice (of course!), here are some favourite Alice in Wonderland images & items, just because...

The original illustrations

In 1865 John Tenniel illustrated the first edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland


( i love the cheshire cat! )



(... which was first a story called 'Alice's Adventures Under Ground', itself a story written down from a tale told by Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, to three young sisters, one of which was Alice Liddell, while on a boat trip on the river Thames.)






I like Alice in Wonderland for a thousand different reasons ;), and I also like that Charles Dodgson, or his pseudonym Lewis Carroll, was also a mathematician (which I love, as I was a student of mathematics) and a photographer!



(Lewis Carrol was a mathematician at Christ Church, Oxford,
and Alice was one of three daughters of the Dean at Christ Church.)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was published on July 4, 1865, exactly three years after Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and Reverend Robinson Duckworth rowed in a boat up the River Thames with three little girls:

Lorina Charlotte Liddell (aged 13) (Primus in the opening verse)
Alice Pleasance Liddell (aged 10) (Seconda in the opening verse)
Edith Mary Liddell (aged 8)

...whereupon the beginning of Alice In Wonderland was told that "summer afternoon when the sun was so burning that we had landed in the meadows down the river, deserting the boat to take refuge in the only bit of shade to be found, which was under a new-made hayrick" ~ Alice.




.. which is also now part 'Hogwarts'!

But anyway, back to the book...



Tenniel's colour illustrations





In 1907 the English copyright to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland expired, and new editions from other publishers were printed. These illustrations are now also in the public domain,
my favourites from 1907 are Rackham, and Attwell :)



Illustrations by Mabel Lucie Attwell, 1907




Arthur Rackham's illustrations, 1907,
are just divine








And countless Alice inspired art!
:)

Annie Leibovitz's Alice photoshoot, with model Natalia Vodianova, for Vogue magazine, 2003.




Annie's interpretation of Alice Liddell and Lewis Carroll...








Alice Liddell and Lewis Carroll




The three Liddell sisters


Alice in costume as a beggar girl



Alice inspired flickr art...

recruiting a new alice

Recruiting A New Alice, originally uploaded by tartx.

A Very Merry Birthday To You!, originally uploaded by boopsie.daisy.

the so very wonderful sadie and boopsy.daisy!!

alice and the white rabbit

Alice & White Rabbit, originally uploaded by Rebecca Lader.

alice in wonderland miniature garden, originally uploaded by liquidskyarts.

etcetera, etcetera !
x

much love monday, on a tuesday eve ♥

♥

hearts apple tree leaves for much love Mondays

i love apple trees

I love blueberries,
orchards,
fresh picked apples,
berry picking in school holidays,
apple picking through university.
no wonder apple trees remind me of my childhood, and tertiary education.
berries,
fruit thinning, apple picking,
working summers and autumns, in-between class terms,
a chance to meditate and enjoy nature
while working outdoors
among apple trees :)







gathering apples in Autumn :)
from our own little apple tree




(i've posted these last ones before... but can't leave them out!)

Inspiration ~ **tomo**

I am so in love with Tomo's photography. Her medium format film photographs of children by the Japanese coastline are so beautiful and endearing, and with stunning symmetry and shapes as well!





I love the way she captures childhood.




life




And using beautiful cameras!
Most of these are with a bronica SQ-Ai
And some with a mamiya C330.

And how sweet is her own little photographer? :)








1. catch the rainbow, 2. cherish, 3. concentration, 4. tail or flower?, 5. early spring sea, 6. eyes full of mischief, 7. feelin' lonely, 8. ごくごく, 9. girl's talk, 10. in the morning light #4 ~we are friends!^^~, 11. looking at..., 12. tightly, 13. rainy day, 14. smile, 15. Can you find the face that she made with stone?, 16. Believe

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and friends :)









And her images also make we want to move closer to the sea, and a different coast too, right now!




... immediately!



love!

Thank you, tomo!
And for your kind permission as well. x

You can see more of her images here.

**tomo**

My problem is I have too many tomo favourites. I love them all! ...


1. good friends, 2. memory, 3. calmness, 4. come on!, 5. a challenge to the wave, 6. Do you see what I see?, 7. go to the future, 8. in the morning light #2, 9. time passes slowly, 10. in the twilight, 11. road to heaven, 12. running to the sea, 13. sakura, 14. shooting each other, 15. sky's the limit, 16. Which way you wanna go?

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