TCF Ep. 300 - Lois Greenfield

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Arts, Visual Arts

4.8 • 768 Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2015

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In her exuberant and explosive pictures, Lois Greenfield captures not just the lithe and acrobatic forms of dancers performing their art, but the purity and exhilaration of movement itself. Without tricks or manipulation of any kind, she catches fleeting and impossible moments in a style that is both lyrical and graphic. Greenfield has been compared with Eadweard Muybridge for his exploration of human locomotion and with Henri Cartier-Bresson for capturing the decisive moment. Unlike her predecessors however, her images depict but don’t refer to the “real” world. They are documents of her imagination. Beginning her career as a photojournalist, Greenfield covered the experimental dance movement scene for the Village Voice from 1973 to the mid 90’s. In 1982 she decided to open her own studio where she could control the lighting, and work with dancers in a collaborative environment. Her exploration of the expressive possibilities of photographed movement and her unique approach to photographing the human form in motion has radically redefined the genre and influenced a generation of photographers. Greenfield has created signature images for countless contemporary dance companies as well as commercial clients. Her photographs have been featured in many magazines worldwide and exhibited internationally. She frequently gives lectures and offers workshops. Since 2014 Greenfield has been an Artist in Residence at NYU/Tisch Department of Dance and New Media. In 2015, She was honored with the Dance in Focus award in recognition of her ground-breaking contributions to the field. Her third book, “Lois Greenfield:Moving Still”, (Thames & Hudson, UK & Chronicle Books, USA) will be released in Fall 2015. Order Lois Greenfield’s new book, Moving Still via Amazon and help support the show. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1452150206?creativeASIN=1452150206&linkCode=w00&linkId=BH7ROEXYRG72PIM4&ref_=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til&tag=thecanfra-20 Resources: Lois Greenfield http://www.loisgreenfield.com Sebastião Salgado http://www.amazonasimages.com Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download for iOS. Click here to download for Android Click here to download for Windows 8 Support the work we do at The Candid Frame with your donations via PayPal. https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=iOsiId333PyR4hOlOlN_5SQaE9qenAVlKoay23zkArsdFnWgUextsiUOBWa&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8d64ad11bbf4d2a5a1a0d303a50933f9b2

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0:00.0	The Candid Frame is supported by donations by listeners just like you.
0:05.5	Help support the show by clicking on the donate button on the website or in the show notes.
0:14.4	This is IbarianX and this is The Candid Frame.
0:18.4	Welcome to Episode 300 and thanks to all those people who have sent me some very
0:24.1	lovely messages leading up to this episode. The fact that after all this time the show has
0:30.0	and continues to inspire people to pursue their passion and in some cases change the courses
0:35.6	of their lives is very gratifying and it's very
0:39.0	humbling. So whether you've been with us from the very beginning or I've just found us,
0:44.0	I want to thank you for joining me on this journey. Now when I was working as an editor at
0:50.2	several photo magazines, I had the opportunity to interview a lot of photographers.
0:55.0	Those interviews helped lead me to do this show, but one of the conversations that I most
0:59.8	enjoyed back then was with today's guest, Lois Greenfield.
1:04.4	Now, Lois is known as a quote-unquote dance photographer, but that really doesn't capture what
1:10.2	she does.
1:13.2	Her subject is really time. And as abstract as that sounds, when you look at her images, it immediately makes sense and
1:20.6	beautifully so. Her new book, Moving Still, is a collection of a recent work capturing motion, time, and the human
1:29.4	form in ways that are nothing short of amazing. I love lingering on her images because she
1:36.1	brings such subtlety and nuance to her photographs that are captured at one two thousandth
1:41.1	of a second. And I find that inspiring. And I think you will too.
1:52.4	Well, most welcome, welcome to the candid frame. I'm really excited to have a chance to talk with
1:58.1	you again. I've been a great fan of your work forever.
2:03.7	And in catching up with you and seeing what you've been doing as of late,
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