Making the Images

I have long been fascinated by dance and the exceptional people who make this exquisite art. Although I have photographed many dancers, I found working with Trey and his company to be a unique and exhilarating experience.

We all collaborated in choreographically creating the poses; the dancers were stationary, but imagining themselves suspended in time and space. The dance studio was kept completely dark while photographing, allowing me to “paint” the dancers' bodies with a hand held light source in a long exposure with the camera shutter open. This technique avoids harsh flash photography and thus gives the images a somewhat soft, ethereal feeling similar to charcoal drawings.

Biography:

Hal Eastman is a Boise-based photographer with a studio in Carmel, California. He is a native of the Pacific Northwest and a graduate of the University of Puget Sound and Stanford Business School. He enjoyed a career in business, including the presidency of several companies, but left that world in 1995 to pursue photography. His passion for dance has led to the publication of two books, Natural Dance® in 2003 and Dancessence© in 2009. For more information, please visit his website at www.haleastman.com. Hal may be reached via e-mail at hal@haleastman.com or by phone at 208-342-3229.