AphroChic Magazine: Issue No. 12

ARTISTS & ARTISANS
An Interview with Fares Micue: The Canary Islands Artist
Debuts An Exclusive New Collection with AphroChic
We recently launched a series of exclusive works by Spanish fine art photographer,
Fares Micue. We have long admired her surreal photographs and over the
past few years have become collectors of her work, spoken with her about her
inspirations and her process, and worked collaboratively with her to bring forth
an absolutely stunning collection of images. Created in the Canary Islands and
featuring images from her latest trip to Korea, we speak with Fares about the
new pieces and the inspiration behind each of them.
AphroChic: Take us through the new
pieces, how they were made, and what did
they each mean to you? Let’s start with
Playing Among The Stars.
Fares Micue: With Playing Among The
Stars, that tree, there’s a lot of them in
Korea. I saw that the leaves look like stars.
When I was sitting by those trees, I felt like
I was dreaming. Like I am under the sky.
Like I'm getting into the stars. I felt that I
could take that tree and create what is in
my mind and how I felt when I was under
it. It felt like the leaves were a constellation
full of stars, and I'm just among them. So I
really wanted to create that.
AC: It sounds like you had a plan to create
something you knew you wanted to do for
a long time? How about The Crown II?
FM: In all my pictures with the
flowers on my head I like to play with an
afro. I put the flowers in the shape [of]
afro hair. Sometimes the afro hair, we call
it our crown. [I] wanted to translate that
message into my image by doing it with
flowers. I always do [this], but this time
I wanted to make it clear — this is the
shape of our hair that grows as a crown
and we are proud of it.
AC: One of the things that stands out to
us is your your pose. In The Crown II you're
slightly tilted forward from your pelvis and
you have your hands over your stomach.
Is there any special significance or idea
behind that?
FM: I want to portray that I am
empowered, feeling confident in
myself. I don't need to hide anything, I
don't need to prove anything, I'm just
standing here, so you can see what
I am. So it's just a confident pose. I
wanted to convey power, pride. When
you are proud, you have to be standing
with your head up and feeling proud of
yourself.
Interview by Jeanine Hays and Bryan Mason
Photos furnished by Fares Micue
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