Two young girls in pastel dresses in a sunny daisy field — AI art by @panos
@panos · 4/2/2026
The strange case of the Cottingley Fairies (1917)

Tags: daisies, girls, children, fairies, flower field, pastel dresses, whimsical, garden fantasy, fairy-tale photo, soft lighting, summer scene, floral bouquet, vintage-inspired, blonde children, magical outdoor portrait
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panos
The photgraphs were indeed that, as any person of today could understand looking at those photos (but NOT people THEN!! It is important to remember that. It's not that they were more gullible than us. Photography was something very new and their brains were not wired to distinnguish true from false in a photo. Before you deny this, I will tell one simple example: Remember how REAL special effects in movies, video games looked to us 20 years before and how obviously fake and artificial they look today - 20 years after even MORE real-er and real-er special effects. As for the fairiesand the girls. The photos were indeed fake, as I said, BUT, did the girls really lied about meeting fairies?...🙂
panos
Thank you very much! There is a recurrent theme in Fantasy fiction that has Fairies appearing to people taking shapes matching that of their viewers, clothed according to the fashions of the era they appear in. I used that, here. (Also, google the title - there is some truth to this image 😉)
legion
Oh yes, I remember it (although I didn't know the date). In the end, it was a photographic trick with cutouts, I think.
legion
great work! I like them because they're like little girls with wings; fairies are usually depicted as miniature adults.
archangeltara
Awww WOW this is so beautifully captured the look on their faces and created
TTRPG_Player
So cute! Great scene my friend!
panos
Thank you very much, my friend! (and a true story, also!!)
panos
Thank you, Cayla! (Google the title, if you want...)
panos
Thank you very much! Glad you liked it!