Dior’s artistic director Maria Grazia Chiuri taps photographer Elizaveta Porodina to shoot its fall 2021 campaign. Chiuri favors female photographers who blur the line between photographic images and paintings.

“Through these graphic metamorphoses a singular, contemporary femininity emerges, more liberated than ever,” the house said in a statement.

Dior’s fall collection is rich in fairytale references and a perfect jumping off point for the Russian-born Porodina who was trained as a clinical psychologist. Her relationship with the camera evolved as a form of personal therapy apart from her clinical practice.