Boz Swope

Boz Swope

Boz Swope is a photographer from New York city.She has foucussed on dance photography for many years. Swope's works have featured dancers such as, Patrick Corbin from Paul Taylor Dance, Judi Gates of pennsyvania ballet. Australian ballerina Lee Anne Chernova and dancers from Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre. Her work with all forms of dance has led to engagement with companies such as American reper-tory ballet,the Russian ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, The kirov and The Joffey ballet.Swope has worked aboad and thoughout the United States. She has photographed a variety of subjects from movie sets to sports photography. Her work has been published in Dance magazine,Billboard and Bucks conunty Town. As resident photographer for Terpisichore sand nature and dance she photographed modern,tap,ballet,jazz and irish step. She has photographed for choreographer Margo Sappington and former Bolshoiand New York City Ballet the prima ballarina Valentina Kozlova. The above image is an photograph captured by Boz Swope, the colours in this image work well with the dress the dancer is wearing a red ballet dress, and the white piano compliments with the white window.Swope has made sure that the subjects and the props in match well together,to make the image sucessfull.I have look at many of Boz Swope's work and i think she has amazing work.I love the image of the ballarina which is wearing the red ballet dress, and the white piano that compliments with the white window.but i may have pushed the piano over a bit to the red wall and left the window out of the image but the image is good and works.

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