Photography isn’t always about capturing what’s there; sometimes, it’s about breaking down the walls between fantasy and the reality, and letting the two worlds mingle and mix in wonderful ways.

Each of the photos below does just that by bringing some of our favorite Disney characters out of the storybooks and off movie screens and putting them onto our computer screens as living, breathing people.

From traditional recreations to wild interpretations (turns out Mulan makes for a pretty awesome zombie huntress…), here are 15 of our favorite photographic interpretations of Disney IRL:

pan by alex currie on 500px.com

Aladdin by Irina Dzhul on 500px.com

Anna and Sven by Amber Bauerle | Frosted Productions on 500px.com

Twisted Disney: Mulan by Alain Pilon on 500px.com

Untitled by Irina Dzhul on 500px.com

Cruella by Margarita Kareva on 500px.com

Aurora by Amber Bauerle | Frosted Productions on 500px.com

Tell Me About Youre Dreams by Alisa Kurganskaya on 500px.com

Mulan by Annie Mitova on 500px.com

Believe by Katie Andelman Garner on 500px.com

Esmeralda by Irina Dzhul on 500px.com

What is this place? by Michele Albrigo on 500px.com

Snow white is dead by Fabrice Meuwissen on 500px.com

Colors of the Wind pt. 8: Yellow by Rob Woodcox on 500px.com

Flamingo Social by Katie Andelman Garner on 500px.com

Have a favorite Disney IRL portrait on 500px that we missed? Or maybe you shot one of your own at some point. Dig it up and share it with us in the comments!