In Conversation: Edward Watson and Rick Guest is an opportunity to see dancer and photographer talking about their collaboration which has led to an extraordinary portfolio of portraits.Striking in their boldness yet sensitivity, Guest has caught precisely what Watson brings to the stage: the same boldness and sensitivity, together with exceptional honesty, as revealed in … [Read more...] about Rick Guest on his extraordinary photos of The Royal Ballet’s Edward Watson
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Photographer Barbara Luisi’s nude photos of the elderly, including the Japanese master Eikoh Hosoe
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...] about Photographer Barbara Luisi’s nude photos of the elderly, including the Japanese master Eikoh Hosoe
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...] about The Art of Movement – a glorious new book from NYC Dance Project
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...] about Photographer Barbara Luisi brings the mystique of Puglia’s olive trees to New York
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...] about Dance photographer Rick Guest… what lies beneath