Capturing Emotion In Motion.(photographing ballet dance)

A GREAT PHOTOGRAPHER OF DANCE SURVEYS THE ART FORM HE HELPED PERFECT.

Dance photography not a new kid on cultural block at turn into the twentieth century. Neither was it a major field of endeavor. Photographic equipment was cumbersome, negatives were glass-based, and lenses were of a very slow speed. I think it safe to say that the earliest photographers of dancers were very determined dance lovers, indeed. By the early 1940s, with advances in camera design, film stock, and lighting fixtures, dance photography had crystallized into the three essential categories that…