Beauty Behind Strength

Project description: Dancers are known to be beautiful and elegant. Their strength is never talked about. But research shows that some dancers can have more strength than Olympic swimmers. So how come this isn’t spoken about?

This photo series used lighting, camera angles, and coloring to focus on the dancer's strength. With the use of lighting, I was able to contour the dancer's body in a way to emphasize her muscles. The series was presented in black and white to allow the focus to be less on the colors and more about the subject matter.

This photo series was featured in the 2020 University of Michigan-Flint student show.