La Muse Malade

A KALTBLUT exclusive editorial. Photography by Erika Diana. The model is Martina Penelope Ascione. Art Direction and Styling by Carlotta Vetralla. Make up and hair by Vittoria Ciccarè.

Ma pauvre muse, hélas! Qu’as-tu donc ce matin?
Tes yeux creux sont peuplés de visions nocturnes,
Et je vois tour à tour réfléchis sur ton teint
La foulie et l’horreur, froides et taciturnes.
[…] (La Muse malade – Les Fleurs du Mal – Charles Baudelaire)
La Muse malade embodies the duality of the human being: light and darkness, joy and pain, creativity and agony. It’s an ode to vulnerable beauty, the essence of a complex and profound femininity, where grace merges with a subtle melancholy.

Photography by Erika Diana / Instagram: @king.rique
Art Direction and Styling by Carlotta Vetralla / @carlottavetralla_portfolio
The model is Martina Penelope Ascione signed at @castingfirenze / Instagram: @martina_ascione__
Make up and hair by Vittoria Ciccarè / Instagram: @vittoriaciccare