Photos by Naomi

Normally I am cautious about putting others' artwork on here, never without their permission, and always aware of privacy issues or the artists' creation being re-used without their knowledge. This goes doubly for my daughter. Naomi has done some beautiful photography but she protects it very carefully, unless it is for a specific purpose. In this case I get to show off her work because she did this series for Flatlands Dance Theatre and the images are already up on their website, plus have been re-posted on Facebook by many of the subjects in the pictures.
Each image has her signature (watermark) in the corner of her photo, formed from her initials, N.E.H.

We were secretly let into an abandoned warehouse in the arts district by someone with a key, and then everyone just played for the camera for a couple of hours. It was hot. No electricity so no air conditioning, and no way to run the fan I brought, or music from my iPod and dock after the battery ran out.
There were some nice textural walls, and the great diffuse light through the dirty, clouded windows. There was also lots of broken glass and dirt and cobwebs, but the dancers were troupers. It took about three people to hoist each dancer up on the narrow, dirty window ledge to poise, then quite a bit of balance to stay there and look graceful rather than frightened of falling.
Some of the best images:

There were almost 100 photos taken, in the end, and these are just a few.