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As a child, Ashley Suszczynski used to draw copiously in her school notebooks and escape into the chimerical worlds of books. “I loved the imaginative illustrations,” she tells Colossal. “Each story sent me into a new world, and I kind of dissociated from my own…

Ashley Suszczynski is a visual anthropologist based in Wilmington, Delaware, USA, whose work is focused on capturing ancient traditions in the modern day …

Ashley Suszczynski is an award-winning photojournalist based in Wilmington, Delaware, who focuses on capturing ancient masked traditions in the modern day. She aims to tell the story of how lesser-known cultures, relics, rites, and rituals have withstood time and evolved in our ever-changing world …

Photographer Ashley Suszczynski traces back her passion for art to her childhood years. Particularly, to making puppets out of brown paper bags and throwing shows with her grandma. This later evolved into a love of science fiction and escaping to adventure lands populated by mythical creatures. This feeling of wonder runs through her Masked Traditions series, which sees her roaming through Europe to capture a visually striking branch of ancient folklore …