First for the project…
08 / 14 / 2011
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It was January 1st 2011 in New York City when Anna Gerberich and myself did the first Ballerina Project of the year. Because it was winter in the city it was not a typical time for a project shoot. The majority of ballerinas shutter at the idea of shooting in the bone chilling weather. On [...]
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“Grow, grow, grow”
07 / 23 / 2011
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These were the repetitively simple, yet powerfully haunting words sung by musician, Pj Harvey in her White Chalk album song, “Grow Grow Grow”. I watched a recording of her on a French television show performing the song live and immediately fell in love with the lyrics, the atmosphere, the emotion, everything. In a spacious, white, [...]
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Please help the Ballerina Project with your Vote!
07 / 23 / 2011
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Please help the Ballerina Project by voting for us in the “One Life” photography competition. The prize money from this competition will go a long way with helping the Ballerina Project produce new images in the future. We are estimating that between 10,000 to 12,000 vote should be able to the win Vote for the [...]
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Ballerina Project Summer Print Sale
07 / 21 / 2011
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The Ballerina Project is offering any three (3) – 11×14 inch limited edition prints (see specifications below) for the low price of $195 with free shipping within the continuos USA (discounted shipping for international orders). The Summer Sale will last until the end of July 2011. It’s a great saving over non-sale prices: ballerinaproject.com/purchase To [...]
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Bad Weather in Boston
07 / 14 / 2011
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With the majority of Ballerina Project shoots being created in the outdoor world we are at mercy of so many elements that cannot control. Sometimes things are perfect, other times we just have to make do with hand that is dealt. This past April I had planned to travel up to Boston to work with [...]
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Ballerina Project in the Media
07 / 08 / 2011
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Here are just some of the different things that the Ballerina Project was featured or appeared in the the last year. The Wall Street Journal did a story on the Ballerina Project in April of 2011: Wall Street Journal The Australian Ballet’s blog “Behind Ballet” also did a story on the Ballerina Project: Behind Ballet [...]
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Where it all began….
07 / 05 / 2011
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It is a barely know fact that the Ballerina Project began in a tropical valley in the heart of Honolulu, Hawaii and not in New York City. Turning back to clock to 1994 I was still living in my hometown of Honolulu. I was steadily becoming restless residing in paradise and I became self aware [...]
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A morning in the East Village
07 / 11 / 2010
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Alex and I created this image early one morning in the St. Marks and Astor Place area in the East Village. Even at 6 am there was still a number of people in the area that morning. I remember a group of people watching us while we took this image in particular before they entered the uptown 6 Train station.
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Dancing in the rain
07 / 10 / 2010
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Violeta and I created this image on a rainy day in Battery Park. We had the idea of doing a shoot on a rainy day to help give more drama and effect. The idea in principle seemed simple but the practice of photographing in rain is never quite as easy as it sounds. We had attempted to shoot the day before but the forecast for rain let us down. Luckily on this day we got our rain.
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Ballerina in Recession
07 / 09 / 2010
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Amelia and I created this image in her Washington Heights apartment. Feedback to this image has been mostly focused around eating disorders within the dance world. To be quite honest when Amelia and I created this image it was based upon the poverty associated with being an artist Amelia’s refrigerator happened to be empty and we had a conversation of the monetary sacrifices we each made to our art. This image was a product of that exchange.
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