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A Celebration of Joy in the Everyday
Workman
November 2012
On Sale: October 23, 2012
240 pages
ISBN: 0761171703
EAN: 9780761171706
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Non-Fiction Photography
The mystery of the body in motion. The surprise of seeing
what seems impossible. And the pure, joyful optimism of it
all. Dancers Among Us presents one thrilling photograph
after another of dancers leaping, spinning, lifting,
kicking—but in the midst of daily life: on the beach, at a
construction site, in a library, a restaurant, a park. With
each image the reader feels buoyed up, eager to see the next
bit of magic. Photographer Jordan Matter started his Dancers Among Us
Project by asking a member of the Paul Taylor Dance Company
to dance for him in a place where dance is unexpected. So,
dressed in a commuter’s suit and tie, the dancer flew across
a Times Square subway platform. And in that image Matter
found what he’d been searching for: a way to express the
feeling of being fully alive in the moment,
unself-conscious, present. Organized around themes of work, play, love, exploration,
dreaming, and more, Dancers Among Us celebrates life in a
way that’s fresh, surprising, original, universal. There’s
no photoshopping here, no trampolines, no gimmicks, no
tricks. Just a photographer, his vision, and the serendipity
of what happens when the shutter clicks.
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