Dance at the studio
April 4th, 2009
Practically since the very beginnings of my life as a photographer dance has been a subject I loved. I started photographing dance at the newly-formed Ohio University Dance Department when I was a 17-year-old college freshman looking for something to photograph. I fell in love with dance then and that love remains.
In recent years I’ve returned to Ohio University and the now School of Dance and have started photographing their concerts again. I’ve also this year invited some of the best student dancers to come to my studio for photos in a more controlled environment. Jesse was the first to take me up on that invitation. This is one of the photos we got that day, back in December. It has since been used for the posters to publicize the school’s winter concert.
Several more dancers have come to the studio since Jesse’s visit. I’ll be sharing some of those photos with you soon.
But for now I’m about to head out to Chicago where I’ll be doing a little shooting, but mainly I’ll be visiting the Chicago Art Institute to look at the Karsh exhibit they have up. I’ll also most likely spend some time in the Munch exhibit that is also there. Should be a fun week.
Karsh has an OU connection. He was emeritus faculty there when I started in the photo school way back when. I never got to meet him, but his influence was still felt in the school.
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