She has published two books, Breaking Bounds: The Dance Photography of Lois Greenfield (Chronicle Books, 1992) and Airborne: The New Dance Photography of Lois Greenfield (Chronicle Books, 1998). She has been featured in one-woman exhibitions in the United States, Europe, China, and most recently Japan. In the last three decades, her work has appeared in such diverse publications as American Photographer, Dance Magazine, Elle, Esquire, Life, The New York Times, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, The Village Voice, and Vogue. Lois Greenfield has been photographing dancers and dance movement since 1973. For us, this moment of balance captures the essential tension between the mind and the body, between our higher and lower natures, between the aspirations and the origins of our species. The figure in this image appears to be both descending from the heavens and rising from the earth, briefly suspended between two worlds, engaged in some uniquely human ritual that neither the gods above him nor the beasts below him can fully comprehend. Why is this image so captivating? Throughout history, human beings have seen themselves as creatures that exist somewhere between the mundane and the divine. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Almost everyone who sees this image by Lois Greenfield stops, stares, and then whispers the word “Wow.” We did too.
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