Photo File: Dane Shitagi “Ballerina Project”

Kate – Canal Street

About the Ballerina Project:

Like a dream becoming reality the Ballerina Project is a series of photographs created by photographer: Dane Shitagi. Crafted over the span of ten years the Ballerina Project is not “dance photography” but an etching of a ballerinas heart and emotions.

Every aspect of the Ballerina Project is carefully crafted and cultivated. The project has been photographed entirely on traditional photographic film and not with modern digital cameras. The majority of ballerinas who have posed for the project are professional dancers and the minority are advanced ballet students in renown dance schools. The crafts of dance and photography are truly upheld on both ends of the creation of the Ballerina Project.

Artist Bio:

Dane Shitagi is a New York City-based photographer. Originally from Honolulu, Dane had dreams of becoming a photographer from a very young age and soon began to work professionally in photography at the age of 15. He moved to New York in 1996, taking inspiration from the sights & sounds of the city as well as the energy & diverse arts that thrive here. Rather than molding his ideas to the studio setting, he has taken his creativity and inspiration from the world outside – preferring the rawness and atmosphere that only a living city can bring. In addition to the Ballerina Project, Dane has photographed personalities such as fashion designer Gaby Basura, writer Plum Sykes & socialite Tinsley Mortimer for American Vogue Magazine. He also works for a number of commercial clients including Sony Ericcson, Capezio, & Fujifilm.

Ballerina Project Website

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Kate – Williamsburg

Alex – Manhattan Bridge

Andrea – 66th & Broadway

Alex – Coney Island

Stephanie – Central Park

Photo File: William Eggleston

Artist Bio:

William Eggleston
b. 1939 Memphis, Tennessee
photographer
American

William Eggleston assumes a neutral gaze and creates his art from commonplace subjects: a farmer’s muddy Ford truck, a red ceiling in a friend’s house, the contents of his own refrigerator. In his work, Eggleston photographs “democratically”–literally photographing the world around him. His large-format prints monumentalize everyday subjects, everything is equally important; every detail deserves attention.

A native Southerner raised on a cotton plantation in the Mississippi Delta, Eggleston has created a singular portrait of his native South since the late 1960s. After discovering photography in the early 1960s, he abandoned a traditional education and instead learned from photographically illustrated books by Walker Evans, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Robert Frank. Although he began his career making black-and-white images, he soon abandoned them to experiment with color technology to record experiences in more sensual and accurate terms at a time when color photography was largely confined to commercial advertising. In 1976 with the support of John Szarkowski, the influential photography historian, critic, and curator, Eggleston mounted “Color Photographs” a now famous exhibition of his work at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. William Eggleston’s Guide , in which Szarkowski called Eggleston’s photographs “perfect,” accompanied this groundbreaking one-person show that established his reputation as a pioneer of color photography. His subjects were mundane, everyday, often trivial, so that the real subject was seen to be color itself. These images helped establish Eggleston as one of the first non-commercial photographers working in color and inspired a new generation of photographers, as well as filmmakers.

Eggleston has published his work extensively. He continues to live and work in Memphis, and travels considerably for photographic projects. (source)

Photo File: Sincerely Hana “Switcheroo” Series

Artist Info:

hana is currently living in vancouver experimenting with photography & music. please email for bookings and inquiries. (sincerelyhana@gmail.com)

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Photo File: Irina Werning “Back to the Future” Series

PANCHO IN 1983 & 2010, Buenos Aires

These images are from photographer Irina Werning‘s Back to the Future series. The project is ongoing and more images from 2011 are coming soon.

Artist Bio:

• Born in Buenos Aires
• BA Economics, Universidad de San Andres, Buenos Aires, 1997
• MA History, Universidad Di Tella, Buenos Aires, 1999
• MA Photographic Journalism, Westminster University, London, 2006
• Winner Ian Parry Scholarship 2006
• Gordon Foundation Grant 2006
• Selected for the Joop Swart Masterclass (World Press Photo Organization), 2007

About the Series:

I love old photos. I admit being a nosey photographer. As soon as I step into someone else’s house, I start sniffing for them. Most of us are fascinated by their retro look but to me, it’s imagining how people would feel and look like if they were to reenact them today… A few months ago, I decided to actually do this. So, with my camera, I started inviting people to go back to their future.

LUCIA IN 1956 & 2010, Buenos Aires

NICO IN 1990 & 2010, France

FER IN 1970 & 2010, Buenos Aires

MECHI IN 1990 & 2010, Buenos Aires

LULU & G in 1980 & 2010, Buenos Aires

DAMIAN IN 1989 & 2010, London

Photo File: Boogie

When Belgrade-born, Brooklyn-based photographer Boogie isn’t shooting Brooklyn gangs, Serbian skinheads or drug addicts, he’s locked away experimenting with the 19th century photographic technique known as “wet plate“, which he used to produce these ghostly portraits. It’s by no means an easy process to create a “wet plate” exposure - practitioners need to be equal parts photographer and alchemist to navigate the unpredictable nature of the chemical variables used. Plus the entire process, from coating to developing, had to be done before the plate dried. This gives the photographer no more than 10 minutes to complete everything.

“It was amazing to feel like an alchemist, mixing chemicals and pouring plates in my tiny dirty basement. Thereʼs dust and dirt everywhere and temperature varies, so the results are unpredictable. After doing the first few plates, I realised that something about this process captures peoplesʼ darker side. So I named the series Demons. Every picture was taken in Belgrade in late autumn and winter. It was grey and gloomy, the photo exposures were long, and you could see people going crazy trying to keep still and staring in the lens.”

Boogie’s latest exhibition Demons opens on May 27 and runs through June 25 at The Outsiders Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

See more of Boogie’s work on his blog