Widely known throughout the dance community, photographer Richard Calmes is famous not just for his glorious, action-filled pictures, but also for his easy manner and instant rapport with his subjects.
“Birds use their wings to fly because they do not know how to dance.”
-Zeynap Okcu via RichardCalmes.com
In 2005, Calmes was hired to take a publicity still as a favor for a regional pre-professional dance company. The photographer was instantly captivated by the dancers’ bodies and the amazing things they could do with them. Thus, his passion for dance photography was born.
You can see all of Richard Calmes’s glorious photography on his website and on Facebook and Instagram.
And now, my favorite thing: a behind-the-scenes video!
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March 31, 2019 at 8:25 am
The photos with fabric are my favorites. Click in the nic of time.
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March 31, 2019 at 10:35 am
Aren’t this so dramatic? He must have an amazingly fast camera!
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March 31, 2019 at 10:21 am
Breath taking. So talented.
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March 31, 2019 at 10:36 am
It’s amazing what he can do with the human form!
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March 31, 2019 at 10:27 am
He is one of the best. Hal
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March 31, 2019 at 10:37 am
I absolutely agree!
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March 31, 2019 at 10:36 am
These photos are breathtaking! I keep scrolling back trying to decide my favorite, but they are all my favorite!
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March 31, 2019 at 10:37 am
I love the black and whites the best, I think, but I can’t choose a fave among them.
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March 31, 2019 at 3:07 pm
The photographs are amazing. The poses are so dynamic and the lighting so dramatic that it makes the human figures very sculptural. It is always fascinating to see the process and, in this case, the interplay between the models striking the pose and the instant of pressing the camera shutter is so critical. Such precision timing.
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March 31, 2019 at 8:38 pm
He really is a wizard with timing. What a wonderful sense he has of the possibilities of the human form.
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April 2, 2019 at 10:01 am
What a wonderful find! Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous. The behind-the-scenes video is fantastic.
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April 2, 2019 at 10:41 am
He’s a very likeable guy!
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