The wonderful Terra Incognita drew my attention to Russian photo artist Ann Mei.

Her ethereal worlds often involve strange apparatuses of questionable purpose. Tiny animals, string…perhaps not meant to tell a cohesive story.

Only the subject knows the truth behind the design.

Then there are the surreal scenes that beautifully defy form and function.

And one that reminds me of my mischievous childhood imagination:

See more in her deviant art gallery.