Still Point: Dance Photographs by Ronald Compton
Language: English
Published by Aperture, 1999
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Milbury Books, New Romney, United KingdomMilbury Books
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A very well looked after 1st Impression copy with pristine text & plates and pictorial boards in excellent condition. There is a dedication present from Ron Compton on the half-title page. The dust jacket is not price-clipped and displays some shelf rubbing (mainly to rear cover) but no creases, bumps or nicks. Please see five pictures attached. Note: Owing to 1.1kg weight a postage charge adjustment may be requested for certain International destinations.
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- Title
- Still Point: Dance Photographs by Ronald Compton
- Author
- Compton, Ronald
- Publisher
- Aperture
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Signed
- Inscribed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0893818739
- ISBN 13
- 9780893818739
- Edition
- 1st Edition
In Still Point, photographer Ronald Compton captures on film the visceral beauty of classical ballet and modern dance. The former CEO of a major worldwide insurance company, Compton eschewed the monochromatic world of spreadsheets and meetings in favor of a more aesthetic pursuit: photographing members of dance companies in New York City and Hartford, Connecticut.
Compton's work exhibits a remarkable sensitivity to subtleties of form and a flair for theatrical color. Hours spent watching rehearsals and performances have given him a fine eye for the grace of dancers' movements and the effort and determination necessary to photograph them. Stillpoint is a paean to the capabilities and beauty of the human body and the creative spirit.
Still Point contains an Introduction by Larry Alan Smith, president of the School of American Ballet, and an essay by photographer Ralph Gibson. In an interview conducted by Robert S. Miller-chairman and CEO of Waste Management, the world's biggest "environmental services" firm-Compton discusses the differences and similarities between his two careers.
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