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Of masks & magic: Uldus Bakhtiozina makes images that poke fun at stereotypes

Of masks & magic: Uldus Bakhtiozina makes images that poke fun at stereotypes

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A 12-year-old boy in a Stormtrooper helmet – and a tutu. A hulking man wearing a pre-Raphaelite collar of Barbie dolls. A bride standing wistfully in a garden, her face obscured by a wrestling mask. Russian photo-based artist Uldus Bakhtiozina’s whimsical and surreal images — which feature models as well as herself — raise an eyebrow at identity, gender and cultural stereotypes []