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Still Point : Dance Photographs |
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Ronald Compton built a studio in his basement and began to photograph dancers in the late 1980s. At the time he was still the chairman and CEO of a large insurance company, and taking pictures, he thought, was just a hobby. He spent his Saturdays watching dancers through his camera and making photographs of them, and he has continued to develop a strong visual relationship to dance and movement over the last decade. This book is the result of those efforts. Dancers--alone, in couples, in costume, or nude--Compton catches them in the midst of motion. Witness a close-up of a dancer swathed in netting, or one barely balanced in a back bend on her toes and her head. These images are not the work of a mere hobbyist: Compton began taking photos in his grandmother's basement, and he supported himself through college by photographing weddings. Later, throughout his busy schedule of meetings, business trips, and more meetings, Compton took pictures whenever he could--on the weekends and sometimes back in the basement. After looking at these incredibly accomplished photographs, readers can't help but wonder if perhaps his career in insurance wasn't the hobby and photography his true vocation all along. --J.P. Cohen
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