About the Dancer Project...
I have always been captivated by the beauty of the dancer's form and
movement, but it was a year and a half ago that two young dancers came to my
studio for portraits of themselves in their dance outfits. I intended to give them
traditional, classic dance portraits, but I found myself experimenting and working
with the Photoshop and Painter techniques that I'd been teaching for a decade.
When I delivered their images, I gave them a lot more than any of us expected at
the start of that photo session. That was the beginning of this very personal, and
challenging art project. I have been working with dancers of all ages to put together
a collection of unique dancer images. This video includes some of the images from
this "work in progress" . By the way, one of the images from that very first session
with those two young dancers was published in The Professional Photographers of
America "Loan Collection Book" this year; and I am looking forward publishing the
entire, finished collection as a book in 2011.
I continue to seek out dancers as models. If you are interested
in participating in this project, please contact me.
Ella Carlson, PPA Master Photographer, and Certified Professional Photographer
PPA Photographer of the Year, 2007, 2008 and 2010
Massachusetts Photographer of the Year 2010
NH Photographer of the Year 2009
5 time winner of the Court of Honor Award
4 time winner of the Fuji Masterpiece Award
3 time winner of the Kodak Gallery Award