(The Afternoon of a Faun)
Inspired by Stephane Mallarme’s poem named ‘L’Apres-midi d’un Faune’ (The Afternoon of a Faun) (1876)
It describes the sensual experiences of a faun who has just woken up from his afternoon sleep and discusses his encounters with several nymphs during the morning in a dreamlike monologue.
This poem also served basis for the musical composition 'Prelude a l'pares-midi d'un Faune' (Prelude to the Afternoon of A Faun) (1894) by Claude Debussy which inspired Vaslav Nijinsky's ballet piece 'L'apres-midi d'un Faune' (The Afternoon of A Faun) (1912).
‘L’Apres-midi d’un Faune’
(The Afternoon of a Faun)
Photographed by Cihan Bacak
Art Direction and Styling by Ismet Koroglu
Models are Demet Aksular, Ismet Koroglu and Burcu Ucatenik
Clothes Designed by Koksal Atay and Selim Baklaci
Head Pieces designed by Selim Baklaci
Head Pieces designed by Selim Baklaci
Ceramics by Bunyamin Bozkus and Melike Ozturk
Rugs belong to Koksal Atay
'L'Apres-midi d'un faune' originally written by Stephane Mallard in French and
translated to English by Alan Edwards.
Shot in Istanbul in Summer of '18.
Special thanks to Melike Ozturk for everything.