The fairytale beauty on the cover of Issue 49 is Katrin Lanfire, a versatile gothic model from the Ukraine. Lena Berkas is the lady in charge of the shot, who handily loves dark fairytales and working with creative people....
We encounter exquisite artwork and beautifully sultry scenes with themes of underlying disorder caused by human monsters and occult magic. In this world the modern and the ancient, magic and technology, innocence and corruption swirl around with an intoxicating...
A few years back while at a Philadelphia comic convention, sandwiched among the Archie comics and oil paintings of Superman, one artist's table full of beautifully dark prints caught my eye. It seemed ever so slightly out of place—simple black and white color...
Kyle Cassidy is probably best known for his work which is documentarian but sympathetic to his subjects and he also creates more dark and fantastical imagery. His most recent book, This is Only Earth, My Dear: Images by Trillian...
Especially in the alternative space, not all photographers can shoot on assignment, but Laura Dark is a photographer who can really take a concept and elevate it and she did this repeatedly for Gothic Beauty in both fashion editorials...
Ulorin Vex is a remarkable collaborative artist, very aware of what she is creating and exploring with her work. Conscious of not letting her persona overwhelm the clothing she modeled, she has worked with numerous fashion designers, photographers, and...
Drastique is the model who has been published the most in Gothic Beauty Magazine. Many alternative models tend towards being personas who wear clothes, which, don't get me wrong, can lead to some terrific images, but Drastique truly modeled....
Forrest Black's impact on the gothic internet can not be overstated. Born in a house with 13 black cats, Forrest Black's design sensibilities have always been gothic. Writing for tech magazines in his teens, he was early to the...
Annie Bertram is Gothic Beauty's most published photographer. Famous for the dark fairytale emotionality of her images, she contributed importantly to the soft darkly elegant style Gothic Beauty Magazine is known for and has shot seven Gothic Beauty Magazine...
Amelia G is one of the most significant multimedia figures from the American goth scene of the 90s and early 2000s. As founder of the wildly popular Blue Blood Magazine and associated subculture membership sites, her work inspired and...
DivaLuxe's Diva Luxotica had an enormous influence on the style of the early 2000s. Initially inspired by a combination of Japanese Visual Kei, 80s hair metal style, and the synthetic hair trend pioneered by Camden scene queen Dollie, Diva...
