Carla Watkins is a photographic artist working in the realms of fantasy, magic & imagination, and different ways to look at the world. She lives & works on the north Essex coastline which suits her mermaid heart.
Through her photography, alter ego work, mermaiding, larp, burlesque & cosplay, she creates images which could have come from a dream or from the pages of a book.
She also shoots pets, lifestyle portraiture & brand photography – come & play!
Recent happenings…
My Burlesquiversary – six years of burlesque & body confidence
A little bit of a personal post today - can we talk about burlesque? April 18th marked my six year burlesquiversary. (That is absolutely definitely a real word.) With my best friend Lou (she's on the right, I'm on the left, our stripes match!) at Fling festival 2013,...
MODEL CALL: Mythical Ink tattoo project
It's finally time to bring Mythical Ink to life. A project I conceived nearly five years ago now, it's high time I let it out into the wild! I'm looking for mythical, magical and fantasy based tattoos and their owners. I'm thinking pegasus, dragons, unicorns, wings,...
A body positive, burlesque weekend
If you've landed here, you'll know that body positivity is a strong influence in my work and in my attitude to life. Towards the end of last year, I had one of those moments where things just fitted together magically to make a wonderful weekend of bopo goodness! On...