Dancers Among Us: A Celebration of Joy in the Everyday
Jordan Matter
Category: Nonfiction:
Photography
Synopsis: Matter photographs
professional dancers planted in real-life situations.
Date finished: 26
May 2013
Rating: ****½
Comments:
This is a very charming book. Amazon has been trying to
convince me of that for months, so when I was asked to order the book for our
library, I stuck my “personal notification” in it when it came in. The
photographs are categorized into several categories (love, playing, working,
etc.), and each chapter has a short biographical essay by the photographer. I
enjoyed these little essays—little glimpses into a regular guy’s life.
In the back of the book is a section in which Matter
discusses the behind-the-scenes of almost all of the photographs in the book.
This was very interesting. As a dance-illiterate and photography-illiterate
person, this information really helped me see what went into individual scenes.
The explanations also offered some hilarious, serendipitous, and, at times, criminal,
stories. Don’t skip the stories if you “read” the book.
The photographs themselves are fabulous. Captured so
apparently effortlessly, I had to keep reminding myself how difficult those
moves must have been. No tricks were used in the execution of the dance moves
or the editing of the photographs. There is at least one that made my head
spin, it was so daring. Some were beautiful. Some were funny. All were captivating.
I’ve added this book to my Amazon Wish List, because they
were right. I was charmed.
Would you recommend
this to a friend?
Yes. It would be a great gift for the person who has
everything. And a great gift for someone who needs a little joy in paper form.
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