the adjusted eye: January 2010

Friday, January 15, 2010

still, life

still, life is the title of an exhibition that I produced over the course of 2008. It was commissioned by DanceIreland and was exhibited in DanceHouse on Foley Street, Dublin 1 throughout 2009.

The exhibition was built around two primary ideas: to create a visual study of most of the pioneer dance-makers and performers in the field of contemporary dance in Ireland; and to photograph them in locations that would lend context to the body and suggest a narrative or emotional content to the image, beyond simply the physical/aesthetic. My aim was that each image would be like a still from as movie, an excerpt from a continuing story, rather than simply a visual representation of movement.

I've posted the full exhibition here, 26 images, as it is not archived anywhere else online.

Paul Johnson

Aisling Doyle

Lisa McLoughlin

Adrienne Brown

David Bolger

Robert Connor and Loretta Yurick

Muirne Bloomer

Rionach Ni Neill

Jenny Roche

Philip Connaughton

Mary Nunan

Lucy Dundon

Justine Doswell

Liz Roche

Joan Davis

Fearghus O'Conchuir

Katherine O'Malley

Joanna Banks

John Scott

Ella Clarke

James Hosty

Rebecca Reilly

Daryn Crosby

Cindy Cummings

Cathy O'Kennedy

Emma O'Kane

still, life was commissioned and supported by DanceIreland. The first edition (of a run of 3) is owned by DanceIreland in their permanent collection.

(all images are copyright of Jonathan Mitchell, 2009. No unauthorised copying or reproduction.)

the adjusted eye blinks, somewhat blearily, open...

Welcome to the adjusted eye, a small window into my head, filtered through the eye of my camera. I thought I'd get things started with a mini-portfolio of my recent-ish work, concentrating on images of dancers that I have shot. So here's a selection to be getting on with...