Photographer Julie Blackmon .
Welcome to Julie Blackmon’s world, where charm is off-kilter, beauty belies danger and an unsettling creepiness exists. Should we be concerned by the boy, only his head visible, staring into a dark attic at the disembodied plastic doll head? Does that mother, searching in her car, know her baby has crossed the street? “These images are both fictional and autobiographical and [. . .] explore the fantastic elements of our everyday lives, both imagined and real.” Julie Blackmon (born 1966 in Springfield, Missouri) is a photographer who lives and works in Missouri. Blackmon's photographs are inspired by her experience of growing up in a large family, her current role as both mother and photographer, and the timelessness of family dynamics. As the oldest of nine children and mother to three, Blackmon uses her own family members and household to "move beyond the documentary to explore the fantastic elements of our everyday lives." Blackmon aims to re-context