Edel Devora & Mikel Cans

We are two (two artists, two players, two photographers, two grown-up kids? We don’t know for sure what definition suits us best…). We are Mikel and Edel and we started playing long time ago. Of course, one would take for granted that children love to play, but it was different in our case. Playing was our life and we can just say it still is. Playing sends us back to our childhood and when we do what you are about to see, it keeps alive the memories of our toy adventures back in the old days.

When photographing our dolls, we play with scales and make it possible that the characters in our own toy world become part of reality, or… is it maybe the other way around? Are we actually enabling the reality to become part of our private toy world (a better, shinier, happier one)?

Either way, all those toys, figures, dolls and any little creature that we find attractive become part of our mini world and we portrait them along our trips, or during our daily life, in any situation that we find interesting for some reason.

Little by little and for some years now, our work has grown, and it has been displayed and sold in different exhibitions, galleries and events in cities like Madrid, Seville and Barcelona.

Our projects have also been published in magazines such as Vogue (Spain & Australia editions), H magazine, Etapes, and also in the books "Barbie 50th anniversary" and “Barbie 60th anniversary”, both edited by Assouline.

Until now, exhibitions and social media (Instagram) were the only ways we were sharing our work. However, the current situation, the world as we know it being at stake, has led us to try to bring some joy and warmth to your home, or to whomever you want to feel surprised and loved, in the mist of all this.

We hope you love our photos.

We hope you enjoy them as much as we do.