“I took all these photos of my kids during this time, and I was thinking about how shitty it was that they are so limited in where they can go and the adventures they can experience,” Tessler told HuffPost. “I thought how cool it would be to put them into these fantastical scenarios that one can only achieve through Photoshop!”Tessler’s series features her 8-year-old twins, Elliot and Madzie, in situations like zoo exhibits, performance venues and the open waters.
“For instance, there’s a photo of my daughter sitting on the steps, holding the railings and looking out the window in her own world. Because her hands are holding onto the railings, she was in the perfect position to Photoshop something in with railings or bars,” she recalled, noting that she tried a few different Photoshop options before settling on a swing.
“I found an image of a swing, photoshopped her onto it and had her swinging over a magical city at sunset,” she said. “It was beautiful and haunting.”
These are terrible.