This is one of Annie Leibovitz's most recent editiorials for US Vogue's December 2009 issue featuring no other than the fashion icon Lady Gaga and what seems to be the most popular fairytale feme fatal, Lily Cole.
This photoshoot is based on the story of Hansel and Gretel and incorporates props and costumes from the Metropolitan Opera's production of this classic fairytale. The stage props that have been set into the woodland setting make the images even more surreal and really do make you feel as if you have stepped into a magical paralell universe.
I remember hearing this story when I was little and after, being quite scared and afraid of the thought of going into woods and getting lost. However, the image of a house in the woods being made from gingerbread and sweets and being completely edible was a dream that I wished would come true.
