A skater during his teenage years, he grew up with DIY as a motto. Now a photographer and filmmaker, he creates striking, relevant and contemporary images.

Self-taught photographer Laurence Demaison plays — delightfully — with film photography and the very idea of photography. Taking full advantage of showing what the camera sees (sometimes over long periods of exposure) compared to what the human eye cannot or does not see, she creates rich, quirky, complex images without the aid of digital manipulation. What you see was really there (over time).

What’s one myth about her work that Bay Area dance pioneer Anna Halprin would like to dispel? Recalling that New York critics used to tease her for being “touchy-feely,” Halprin answers, “I would like to dismiss the idea that I do therapy. I don’t.” I am sitting with Halprin on her legendary Mount Tamalpais dance […]

Mirrors

Alessandra Ferri and Misty Copeland set to dance this week at The Metropolitan Opera House.

Equipped with a strobe light and the first electronic flash device, Harold Edgerton has captured motion like no one has seen before.