Photographer Barbara Luisi’s latest exhibition AKT – Ageless Beauty in Tokyo celebrates the naked bodies of the over-80s, which makes for a striking companion piece to her black and white collection of 1000-year-old olive trees. Olive trees which have lived for more than 1000 years fully bear fruit. Likewise, there are many people who have youthful inside even in their … [Read more...]
The Art of Movement – a glorious new book from NYC Dance Project
NYC Dance Project – husband and wife team, Ken Browar and Deborah Ory – have produced some of the most widely circulated images of dance on the internet. Leaps and other gymnastic feats will always be shared and liked more than most, but what makes Browar and Ory’s photos stand out is that they communicate not just movement, but interact with the viewer on a personal and … [Read more...]
Photographer Barbara Luisi brings the mystique of Puglia’s olive trees to New York
Twelve black and white photos of trees might not grab your attention immediately, though if I add that they are millennium-old olive trees from Puglia, presented as large-format prints exhibited in the ISAIA Showroom in Madison Avenue as seen through the perceptive and sensual lens of Barbara Luisi, you’ll certainly want to take a look. Art critic Manuela De Leonardis writes … [Read more...]
Dance photographer Rick Guest… what lies beneath
Rick Guest is a photographer who’s highly polished style has led him to work with some of the biggest international brand names – Nike, Ferrari, BMV – yet he fell into photography by chance. I was between jobs and had a friend who was a model booker. She had some new guys starting out and asked if I wanted to take some shots of the for their folios. A bit of beginner’s luck … [Read more...]
New York City Dance Project “capturing emotion through movement”
You’ve heard of the NYC Dance Project and seen its beautiful series of dance photos: carefully lit and glamorously shot. Its images, featuring some of the world’s best dancers, adorn thousands of blogs and Facebook timelines. There are so many NYCDP images out there that it a surprise to learn that the first post on the NYC Dance Project blog – with American Ballet Theatre’s … [Read more...]