Romantic images from Charlotte Bird

Charlotte Bird – Artists Profile
Fairytale - A True Story


Charlotte Bird was born in Suffolk, England; in 1958.Her family was stationed there with her Father who was in the R.A.F. Her Father often read fairy stories and nursery rhymes to her before bed and it is to these that she owes her love of the little folk. She left Suffolk when she was five and the family came to live in Wallasey, near Liverpool, England. She has since moved to the beautiful Glenwherry Valley in Co Antrim,noy far from the the renowned dark hedges and Slemish mountain.
Charlotte started photography at the age of seven. Her Father was a keen photographer and printer and the family set up a darkroom in the cellar of the house. Although Charlotte had dabbled in photography in her early years, it wasn’t until her two children had grown up that she took it up seriously. After attending the local college, Charlotte finished with a diploma in photography, qualifying with seven distinctions. Enchanted by the work of the mid Victorian’s, especially the fairy tales and poetry of the time, she developed a style that was influenced by these.
She was also inspired by the books called ’The Borrowers’ A tale about little people who lived under the floor in a house and came out to borrow things from the inhabitants. She made her little folk into fairies and developed the series ‘Common house fairies’
Her work has proved popular with all age groups, which goes to show, there is a child, still in all of us, and occasionally they like to come out and play.