Lois Greenfield
Bridget Brown’s Artist ProjectMs. Tang’s 8th Grade English
Vital Statistics
Birth Year: 1949
Death Year: None
Gender: Female
Nationality: American
Personal Background
• Went to Brandeis University in Waltham Massachusetts
• During freshman year of college in 1996, worked for college newspaper as photographer
• Had no prior interest in dance, knew nothing about it
• Once she started photographing, she researched other dance photographers to get inspiration
• Barbra Morgan- who photographed many Martha Gram company dancers
Historical Events
• Lack of knowledge in dance required a lot of research• Discovered Max Walaman and Barbara Morgan• Admired Max Walaman for his form, use, and techniques
with the camera• Modeled after Barbara Morgan for position and movement
of dancers, along with costume and prop usage• Improvement of technology=improvement of Greenfield’s
photography• When cameras were becoming more digital, didn’t requite
film and had many more features-sped up photography process
• Made more successful
Brownie Camera(first camera Greenfield ever used)
Max Walaman
Barbara Morgan
Lois Greenfield
Barbara Morgan
Influence of the Art World
• By expanding abilities from journalism and news to dancing and other movement, she inspired many others
• Reached outside her comfort zone, and inspired others to do the same
• Also able to inform society about nature, beauty and elegance of dance
Stylistic Traits
#1-Beauty, effortlessness, elegance#2-Strength and power#3-Movement, time, motion#4-Extension and grace
Lenore Pavlakos
Extension, beauty, effortlessness- the extension of her legs and arms, the angle of her body, and the beauty of the costume. Makes movements look effortless
Strength, power- power required to create big movements
Movement, time, motion- the motion of the costumes, hair, leg position and body position. Demonstrates element of time.
Elegance and grace- position of dancer, costume’s connection with dancer’s pose.
Extension, beauty, effortlessness- precision of each body part
Strength, power- power of turn and jump. Demonstrated through facial expressions and costumes or hair.
Movement, time,Motion- demonstrated
through position of hair, and where the dancer is in comparison to the ground. Suspended in the air
Grace, elegance-elegant and gracefulmovements, yet stillcontain the strengthand power to maintainjump.
Odara Jaeali-Nash
Extension, beauty,effortlessness- dancer’s gracefuland natural beauty that is oftenfound on ballerinas.Strength, power-Required to make jumps andkeep position looking goodMovement, time,Motion- each dancer isn’t in a
posethat they could hold for a while, itrequires little time to stay in thatspecific pose. Grace, elegance- again, mainlyfound naturally in ballerinas, theelegance of their movements
reallystand out compared to otherdancers.
New York City Ballet
My Original Artwork
Picture 1and • Motion and movement
Picture 2• Elegance and beauty
Picture 3• Femininity and poise
Conclusion
-Challenges-Motion, movement, time-Props (scarves, dresses etc.)
-Strengths and weaknesses
-Photograph quality- not as clear and professional as Greenfield’s
- captured accurate facial expressions
-What have you learned?-requires a lot of concentration, patience, proper
equipment etc.-outcome pays off
Thanks for Listening.Questions?