THE HOPE FACTORYTHE HOPE FACTORY Photographer Fares Micues images are all self portraits, with each element meticulously crafted by her. She handles everything herself, from conceptualizing and selecting locations and outfits to writing the narrative, shooting, and editing. Fares uses herself as the model in all of her work and obscures her face to make the images more anonymous.

I am drawn to the surreal and unsettling and try to inject that into my work where possible

PRETZEL CALLA LILLIS

BALLOON FLIGHT 2

This inability to advance while light continues to seep through is what creates the beautifully organic blending of colors

LIQUID MIRRORS IN TROPICS 1

GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY

CANDY SKIES: PEPPERMINT

DYAD (RED)

and the longing to find a place to call home when that feeling has faded or perhaps never truly existed

and landscape

encouraging a deeper awareness of the light—both literal and figurative—that surrounds us

minimalist canvases