Airborne: The New Dance Photography of Lois Greenfield
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (792 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0811821552 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Lois Greenfield is recognized internationally as one of the foremost photographers of dance. . Coinciding with the publication of Breaking Bounds, the International Center of Photography in New York will mount a major exhibition of her photography, which will then travel widely throughout the United States and Canada. Ewing is a wellknown writer on the art of photography and an independent curator whose exhibitions have been shown at the Museum of Modern Art and t
In 90 duotone images, Greenfield's dancers defy gravity and push the limits of the possible. Collaborating with some of the world's finest dancers from such illustrious dance companies as the Martha Graham Dance Company, Pilobolus, San Francisco Ballet, the Parsons Dance Company, and Ballet Tech, she captures moments of startling grace and power. A preface takes us behind the scenes in her studio, and the photographer's own captions illuminate the challenges of making pictures that recreate the seeming effortlessness of dance. As inspi
The first person is held up by the pressure of the second body. In the air, Greenfield's subjects fly, merge, and collide in a symphony of shapes that she somehow, unbelievably, captures on film. In the first set, a shot of a dancer taken the moment her toes hit the ground, with her body and filmy skirt still very much aloft, captures the fleeting experience of the transition. The third guy has to grab the top of the wall across the width of the two bodies. . Lois Greenfield is uniquely adept at cap
You Won't Beleive Your Eyes John P Bernat You will think that this was photoshopped, airbrushed, other otherwise tricked up. It's not. These are simple, real photgraphs of dancers that are hard to believe as real.Modern dance is something not everyone understands. This collection will make you wonder how it is that human beings can create such kinetic sculpture with their bodies and some pieces of cloth.. Wonderful no-trick photos that seem to defy gravity Wonderful book. None of the photographs are tricked -- that is, all are usual perspectives, normal orientation (what looks like the floor at first glance really is), no strings, no unseen bars or plates, no studio retouching of former. (See LG's preface.) Truly amazing work.. Airborne: Lois Greenfield's photographic tribute to the art of dance Lois Greenfield is an amazing photographer, to put it mildly. Since the 1980s, her photos have made their indelible imprint on the world of dance, and her claim to fame is her amazing ability to capture the human form in motion. Some have compared her work with Eadweard Muybridge for his exploration of human locomotion, and with Henri Cartier-Bresson for capturing the elusive moment and doing it artfully.Airborne: The New Dance Photography of Lois Greenfield was first published in 1998, and my copy shows how often I've thumbed through it over the years, pausing to view her extraordinary images time over. I've gifted this book