Lois Greenfield - Moving Still

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Lois Greenfield

(Personne interviewée)

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William A. Ewing - Lois Greenfield - Moving Still.
Lois Greenfield's unique approach to photographing the human form in motion has redefined the genre of dance photography and transcended its limitations.... Lire la suite
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Résumé

Lois Greenfield's unique approach to photographing the human form in motion has redefined the genre of dance photography and transcended its limitations. Rather than shooting literal moments from a dance, Greenfield captures split-second movements created specifically for her camera. Her astonishing images of dancers in mid-flight appear to defy all laws of physics, with her performers seeming to levitate and assume incredible sculptural forms.
Moving Still charts Greenfield's shift to colour photography and from shooting with a film camera to a digital camera. It also illustrates the evolution of her individual style pioneered in her previous books, Breaking Bounds and Airborne. These radical changes over the last fifteen years or so have influenced the way she conceives her pictures and have seen Greenfield move from capturing high-energy moments to exploring more ambiguous and enigmatic scenarios - without any digital manipulation.
The book showcases more than 150 of these breathtaking new images featuring leading contemporary dancers and well-known dance companies. Divided into four picture sections, the free-flowing, rhythmic design of the book reflects the dynamism and grace of Greenfield's photographs. William A. Ewing, the eminent photography writer and curator, contributes an interview with the photographer about her work, as well as an introduction.
Greenfield herself, through commentaries on the photographs, offers fascinating insights into her creative process behind the camera and the challenges she faces in shooting these images. The result is an absorbing journey through Greenfield's work that celebrates not only contemporary dance, but also the transformative power of photography.

Caractéristiques

  • Date de parution
    05/10/2015
  • Editeur
  • ISBN
    978-0-500-51803-8
  • EAN
    9780500518038
  • Présentation
    Relié
  • Nb. de pages
    224 pages
  • Poids
    1.81 Kg
  • Dimensions
    26,5 cm × 31,0 cm × 2,7 cm

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Biographie de William A. Ewing

Lois Greenfield began her career as a photojournalist. She became interested in photographing postmodern dance in the mid-1970s when on assignment for the Village Voice, a newspaper she continued to work for over the next twenty years. In 1982, she opened her first studio to work with dancers in a collaborative, controlled environment She has since had solo exhibitions at the International Center of Photography, New York ; Erarta Contemporary Art Museum in St Petersburg, Russia ; the San Diego Museum of Photographic Arts ; the Southeast Museum of Photography, Florida ; and the Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, among others.
Based in New York, Greenfield lectures widely about her work, and is currently an Artist in Residence at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Her photographs have appeared in numerous magazines, newspapers and advertising campaigns, and she has created signature images for countless dance companies. In 2015, she received the Dance in Focus award, presented by the Dance Films Association and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, in honour of her groundbreaking contributions to dance photography.
William A. Ewing has been an author, lecturer, curator of photography and museum director for more than forty years. His many books include monographs on such figures as George Hoyningen-Huene, Erwin Blumenfeld and Arnold Newman, and his thematic publications include The Body : Photoworks of the Human Form, Face : The New Photographic Portrait and Landmark : The Fields of Landscape Photography. He previously collaborated with Lois Greenfield on Breaking Bounds and Airborne, also published by Thames and Hudson.
He was director of the Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, 1996-2010, and has curated exhibitions at numerous other institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Jeu de Paume, Paris, and the Hayward Gallery, London. He was made an Officer of France's Order of Arts and Letters in 2010.

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