In the wake of the “realistic” Disney princesses and then the “fashion” Disney princesses, we turn now to Ryan Astamendi’s photographs of actual Disney princesses: real people with costumes, hair, and makeup, looking every bit like the characters we know and love.

I couldn’t find a single listing of all the princess pictures on Astamendi’s own site, but here are direct links to each:

• Snow White (and more)
• Sleeping Beauty
• Belle
• Pocahontas
• Jasmine
• Rapunzel

Also enjoyable are pictures of the models who played the princesses photographed looking at their own princess photographs.

I imagine any quest to find the ultimate Disney princess art ends here.