Disney fairytales: photographs of a million dreams

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There’s something about the magical world of fairytales that enchants me. I am 25, no longer a little girl that needs to be tucked in bed listening to a fairytale before I can finally close my eyes and sleep. But I guess there really is a child in all of us. And for the ladies, this means keeping that inner wanting of a happily ever after.

And then there’s Disney. The fairytales animated. The fairytales beautified. The fairytales sung out as a love story and a happy ending for each of its leading lady. Disney is what we all love about fairytales. Disney is fairytales. At least for me. And so when I saw these photos the first time in 2007, I was stunned…

Scarlett Johansson as Cinderella

Rachel Weisz as Snow White

David Beckham as Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty

Beyonce as Alice, Lyle Lovett as March Hare, Oliver Pratt as Mad Hatter

Julie Andrews as Blue Fairy from Pinocchio & Abigail Breslin as Fira (Disney fairies)

Jennifer Lopez as Jasmine, Marc Anthony as Aladdin

Roger Federer as King Arthur

Gisele Bündchen as Wendy, Tina Fey as Tinkerbell, Mikhail Baryshnikov as Peter Pan

Whoopi Goldberg as the Genie from Aladdin

Jessica Biel as Pocahontas

I’ve posted the ones above in my private blog years ago, and I will again now – because art does not age. But I found out that there was another photograph released a few months after that creates the magic somewhere beyond the sea…

Michael Phelps as merman, Julianne Moore as Ariel from Little Mermaid

How beautiful. Annie Leibovitz, the creator of these amazing Disney photographs were asked to photograph these masterpieces as a part of the Disney’s Dream Portraits Series, to celebrate (and advertise) Disney’s Year of a Million Dreams campaign. The campaign has ended this year, as their new What Will You Celebrate? promotion begins, but these photos will definitely be talked about for years and years after.

What is your favourite among all those pictures? Hard to choose, eh? What about your favourite fairytale or Disney classics? I myself would have to think hard. But one thing I know is that these fairytales and photographs will always stay in my mind.