{"id":2518,"date":"2021-04-26T15:54:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T15:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/?p=2518"},"modified":"2021-04-26T15:54:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T15:54:10","slug":"dance-photography-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/dance-photography-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Dance Photography: State"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cState\u201d is a chapter of work from Catalan choreographer Daniel Lourenco\u2019s \u201cA Fragile Geography\u201d. Daniel describes it as follows<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a State controlled by power, money and fear, citizens believe they enjoy a freedom that they do not really possess. The way they move, cry, smile and wait does not belong to them anymore. Emotion does not exist, there is no place for it. Two people perform their show, twice a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Their movements are robotic, mechanical, there is nothing they can control because they control nothing: they have become automatons. The only thing that seems to be able to release them are the memories in which human emotion seems to be discovered through the traditional dance of previous generations that have already left.\u201d<\/p>\n

I was delighted to collaborate with Daniel and London based dancer Mary Mannion on a couple of photo shoots for this project. The description, in my view, called for dramatic, high contrast lighting. I also thought about doing black & white only, but Daniel liked some of the colour photographs, so I did both colour and monochrome.<\/p>\n

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Daniel chose this photograph as the poster for the piece.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I have many versions of this set up and this is my favourite.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dancers
A single speedlight on the floor, to create drama.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It took me a while to find the proper way to post process the colour images to reflect the mood of the piece. I wound up adding grunge textures to the backgrounds.<\/p>\n

\"Dan
Simple two light set up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dan
I also took a full body composition as I worked my subject.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dancers
Using a wide angle for exaggerated perspective.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dancers
The subjects are side lit from the left and the right to create contrasty light.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dancers
Note how a small change of pose changes the light on Dan’s face. I prefer the previous pic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dancers
A slightly different version of the face to face set up shot in black & white<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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