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Inframen

INFRAMEN

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To be a dancer is to work your body to the breaking point. In my project 'Inframen', I have created a series of portraits using an infrared/ultraviolet technique that reveals blemishes that lie under the dancer’s abused skin, like scars, stretch marks, sun damage, etc. Like a form a voyeurism, this photographic process strips away the dancer’s outer shell, exposing hidden flaws. In Inframen, the surface of the skin becomes a metaphor for the dancer's interiority.

The dancers, with their callused exterior and sensitive character, represent the tenuous relationship between the strength of the body and the fragility of the soul. Using their body as an expressive tool, male dancers subvert the heteronormative idea of emotionally suppressed masculinity.

Dancer Spencer Dickhaus in an infrared ultraviolet black and white portrait

Spencer Dickhaus

Spencer Dickhaus

Dancer Leiland Charles in an infrared ultraviolet black and white portrait

Leiland Charles

Leiland Charles

Dancer Matthew Peacock in an infrared ultraviolet black and white portrait

Matthew Peacock

Matthew Peacock

Dancer Billy Barry in an infrared ultraviolet black and white portrait

Billy Barry

Billy Barry

Dancer Taner Van Kuren in an infrared ultraviolet black and white portrait

Taner Van Kuren

Taner Van Kuren

Dancer Clinton Edward in an infrared ultraviolet black and white portrait

Clinton Edward

Clinton Edward

Dancer Nehemiah Chauntai Spencer in an infrared ultraviolet black and white portrait

Nehemiah Chauntai Spencer

Nehemiah Chauntai Spencer

Dancer Nehemiah Chauntai Spencer in an infrared ultraviolet black and white portrait

Nehemiah Chauntai Spencer

Nehemiah Chauntai Spencer

Dancer Devon Lodge in an infrared ultraviolet black and white portrait

Devon Lodge

Devon Lodge

Dancer Garth Johnson in an infrared ultraviolet black and white portrait

Garth Johnson

Garth Johnson

Dancer Austin Goodwin in an infrared ultraviolet black and white portrait

Austin Goodwin

Austin Goodwin

Dancer Kyle Scheurich in an infrared ultraviolet black and white portrait

Kyle Scheurich

Kyle Scheurich

Dancer Jeremy Coachman in an infrared ultraviolet black and white portrait

Jeremy Coachman

Jeremy Coachman

Dancer Manuel Vignoulle in an infrared ultraviolet black and white portrait

Manuel Vignoulle

Manuel Vignoulle

Dancer Clinton Edward in an infrared ultraviolet black and white portrait

Clinton Edward

Clinton Edward

Dancer Alexander Hille in an infrared ultraviolet black and white portrait

Alexander Hille

Alexander Hille

Dancer Evan Schwarz in an infrared ultraviolet black and white portrait

Evan Schwarz

Evan Schwarz

Dancer Jason Collins in an infrared ultraviolet black and white portrait

Jason Collins

Jason Collins

Dancer Austin Goodwin in an infrared ultraviolet black and white portrait

Austin Goodwin

Austin Goodwin

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