Airborne: The New Dance Photography of Lois Greenfield

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Summary: From Foreward:
Review: "'Airborne documents the marriage of dance and photography through the lens of a gifted and highly celebrated artist. Greenfield began her career as a photojournalist, and soon realized her particular affinity for modern/ post modern dance photography. This passion developed while working for The Village Voice, and led to work for magazines such as Time, Newsweek, Dance Magazine and Rolling Stone. Greenfield eventually opened her own studio in New York City, where she could photograph dancers in the unique environment of a studio setting. Airborne is an aesthetic experience from the get-go. The book's size, weight and content work harmoniously with one another. Greenfield's photographs highlight her acute sense of timing and continually (seem to) defy all we know, or think we know, about gravity and the laws of physics. In classic black and white, the photos are divided into Earthbound and Airborne, and illuminate a variety of dancers whom, as Walt Whitman proclaimed, 'Sing the body electric.' It is Lois Greenfield who allows them to sing. Chances are, you've never seen dance, nor photography, quite like this. A clod-hopping, un-artistic soul will enjoy this collection just as much as those Martha Graham types out there. 'Airborne' celebrates Greenfield's ultimate collaboration between photographer and dance. It is a jubilant and breathtaking ride through a landscape of human forms."

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Summary: How do I create my images?
Review: Everyone asks me"How did I do it?" How do I capture the dancers seemingly frozen in midair, glued together, as if shot out of a cannon? above with the dancers lying on the floor, or they are rigged with wires from the ceiling, or, most commonly, that they have been manipulated either digitally or in the darkroom. The truth of it is that my photographs are simple snapshots, often the result of the command "jump!" They may look like trick photographs, but there is no darkroom or digital manipulation of any kind in my work.

Of course, I previsualize the moments I want, after either watching the dancers improvise, or giving them an idea or a prop to play with. The process is highly collaborative and frankly, alot of fun!

All the photos were shot in my photo studio with Broncolor strobes and a Hasselblad camera. I used to photograph dress rehearsals for the Village Voice and other publications, but I became frustrated with the conditions of photographing in theaters . Also, I wanted more control over the moments and the lighting. Since 1980, I've been working almost exclusively in my own studio , asking the dancers not to recreate choreography but to explore my own ideas

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Summary: fantastic , highly energised photographs & photography
Review: I think the line above says everything.. you will not regret buying this book.

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Summary: A unique perspective of dance photography.
Review: This book is a sequel to the book BREAKING BOUNDS.The trick photography is incredible! Some of the photos are tasteful nudes that captivate you with their artistry. If a picture is worth a thousand words... this book is worth a couple million!

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Summary: Wonderful no-trick photos that seem to defy gravity
Review: Wonderful book. None of the photographs are tricked -- that is, all are usual perspectives, normal orientation (what looks like the floor at first glance really is), no strings, no unseen bars or plates, no studio retouching of former. (See LG's preface.) Truly amazing work.