What presents itself to our minds when we hear the word ‘dance’? Movement, music and rhythm, of course. The jitterbug and the slow waltz. But what if we go beyond the obvious?
Dance, the fourth volume in Sean Palfrey’s photography series, seeks to expand our conception of dance and to find and celebrate its presence in the world around us: in the graceful shape of a flower or leaf, in the elegant cursive of a spiral staircase, and in the joyfully uplifted arm of the newly-wed.
Palfrey is a renowned paediatrician and child health advocate who travels the world with his work and for pleasure. His fascination with people, places and stories informs both his artistic and his professional practice. In Dance, Palfrey has curated a beguiling set of pictures and poetic texts that riff on movement and stillness, rhythm and flow, and the poetry of the curve. He asks us to consider the form of the ancient, gnarled tree, or the sinuous line of the winding river; the play of light and shadow on a frescoed wall, or the luminous colours of stained glass – all these are examples of dance. It is everywhere around us: pay attention and we will find it.
Details
Text and photography by Sean Palfrey
Edited by Susanne Hillen
Design & Layout: Jenny Kohler
Series Designer: Agatha Smith
Softback
Pages: 168
Size: 210 x 235 mm, landscape (8 ¼ x 9 ¼ in.)
70 illustrations
Published by Hurtwood Press
Sean Palfrey has had an illustrious career as a practising and teaching physician, a healthcare advocate, Faculty Dean at Harvard University, and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Public Health at Boston University. Simultaneously, Palfrey has spent a lifetime exploring the boundaries of image-making through photography. In addition to being a clinician, educator and dean, he served as president of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and he has been a legislative advocate for child health programmes and policies since the 1970s. Palfrey exhibits his photography in solo and group shows frequently in the USA.
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