Sham Mosher 1995
Silver Gelatin Print
Silver Gelatin Print
Without tricks or manipulation of any kind, Lois Greenfield captures the improbable, fleeting movements of bodies in motion. She began her career as a photojournalist but was drawn to the graphic potential of dance. For twenty years she covered the experimental dance scene for the Village Voice. In 1982, she decided to open a studio where she could not only control the lighting, but could also direct the dancers in her exploration of movement’s expressive potential. Lois seems to have captured on film not just the lithe and acrobatic forms of dancers performing their art, but the purity and exhilaration of movement itself.
Lois has created signature images for most of the major contemporary dance companies. Many of these Images can be seen in virtually every major magazine, her 1992 monograph, Breaking Bounds (Chronicle Books), as well as in her volume, Airborne (Chronicle,1998)
Her work is exhibited in galleries and museums around the world. Her editorial work has appeared in Elle, Sports Illustrated, Life, Vanity Fair, Vogue and Zoom. Commercial clients such as Raymond Weil Watches, Remy Martin, Netscape, Minolta, Toshiba and Sony have picked up on the metaphoric potential of her images to create campaigns around her unique work.
She has recently been invited to collaborate on the creation of «HELD», a dance inspired by her photography in which she shoots the live action as part of the performance. «HELD» will be performed through 2005 at various venues across the world
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