Synopsis
Lois Greenfield has played a pivotal role in shaping a distinctive approach to dance photography, often described as “photo choreography.” Her images of dancers suspended like weightless sculptures have profoundly transformed the way we perceive movement and the ways dance can be photographed.
For the American photographer, the image takes precedence over the mere documentation of a subject. After working as a dance photojournalist during performances and rehearsals, she opened her own studio to focus on the expressive potential of the body.
From Trisha Brown to Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham, leading figures in contemporary dance have stepped before her lens, each revealing their singularity. This newfound freedom allowed her to experiment with movement and time, creating true visual poems that freeze moments the naked eye could never fully perceive. In this film, which shows her at work with dancers in her studio, Lois Greenfield reflects on an approach that has become her signature and on the creative freedom that has shaped her career.
What you will find in this film
Photography and dance: the meeting of two art forms • When the photographer becomes choreographer • An exploration of movement and time . Weightless sculptures • The birth of the moment through the image • A creative dialogue guided by freedom .•The balance between the controllable and the uncontrollable.
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Further exploration
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Lois Greenfield, William A. Ewing – Lois Greenfield: Moving Still, Thames & Hudson, 2015. (English) – A mature synthesis of her studio method and “impossible” instants.
Lois Greenfield, William A. Ewing – Breaking Bounds: The Dance Photography of Lois Greenfield, Chronicle Books (US) / Thames & Hudson (UK), 1992. (English) – The foundational statement of her photo-choreographic approach.
Lois Greenfield, Daniel Girardin, William A. Ewing – Airborne: The New Dance Photography of Lois Greenfield, Chronicle Books (US) / Thames & Hudson (UK), 1998. (English) – Extends the studio “laboratory” and the invention of suspended motion.
William A. Ewing – The Fugitive Gesture: Masterpieces of Dance Photography, Thames & Hudson, 1987. (English) – A canonical survey to contextualize Greenfield within dance-photography history.
Nicky van Banning – Arnold Genthe: Pioneer of Dance Photography, Rijksmuseum, 2016. (English) – A strong historical counterpoint: early strategies for photographing dance, before Greenfield’s rupture.
Moving Stills: Interview with Lois Greenfield on her images of movement in dance – Amateur Photographer
LOIS GREENFIELD | An Exclusive Interview – Lens Magazine
Photographer Lois Greenfield and Her Old-Fashioned Approach to ‘Moving Stills’ – PetaPixel
Moving Still: Conversation with Lois Greenfield – ASMP
Behind the lens: Dance photographer Lois Greenfield – Dance Informa Magazine
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