Photographing Modern Dance
PAW 2005 - Week 11
Durham, NC
, USA

© 2005 Aaron Sandler


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On Wednesday I photographed this year's Current Collection of Choreo Collective, a local modern
dance group containing a number of friends.  I shot them during a dress rehearsal while they ran the
pieces as they normally do...no shots were posed, nothing was redone to allow me to get the shot. 
It's a lot of fun trying to anticipate the action and get photos that convey a sense of the motion as
it's happening.  Above is my current favorite of what I got...my "top 20" from the shoot are here:
http://www.duke.edu/~ajs2/2005_03_ChoreoCurrent_top20/index.html


During this year's shows I'll be projecting some photos I've taken of the dancers over the past three years, so if you're in
the area and interested, please come by and say hi.  The shows will be on March 19 and 20, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Details can be found here: http://www.choreocollective.org/


Leica M2 wearing a 35/2 summicron lens and fed Ilford XP2 black&white film.  1/60sec@ f/4.
Low-res Noritsu scan at Costco, minor adjustments in Photoshop.