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Midsummer morris dancers and their mysterious goat Caprihorn: Hollie Fernando’s best portrait
‘I wanted to celebrate the women who are reinventing morris dancing. They took me to a pub and gave me a pickled egg mashed up in a packet of crisps. I felt like I’d entered a magical world’
TL;DR
- Morris dancing, once male-dominated, now has women as the majority of participants.
- Boss Morris is an all-female Morris dancing side that reinvents the traditional dance form.
- Photographer Hollie Fernando created a portrait of Boss Morris, inspired by their performance with Wet Leg.
- The portrait shoot took place on Rodborough Common, with custom-designed costumes and floral face decorations.
- Boss Morris incorporates artistic elements, including handmade costumes and animal characters like the goat Caprihorn.
- Fernando's photographic style is influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites and she prefers shooting on medium-format film.
- The project's theme, 'hoydenish,' celebrates boisterous and free-spirited women.