Dance Landscapes

Joselyn Simms
Photograph by Tom Atwood

A couple of months ago I asked Joselyn Simms, a dance student at Webster University, to help me with a series of images combining landscape photography and dance. Our idea was to add motion, life and even humanity to landscapes that are often beautiful and moving, but still. In addition, I thought the image of a dancer in a landscape where she doesn't "belong," could make for some interesting and even thought-provoking photos. These are the first pictures, kind of an experiment at this point. I'd like to thank Joselyn specifically for agreeing to help out, for getting up before sunrise, much earlier than she normally does, and for dancing where dancers normally don't dance.

Shutter: 1/320; Aperture: f/3.5; ISO: 400; Focal length: 18 mm.