My name is Kenneth B. Edwards, Known on Instagram as @kennethbedwards or
www.instagram.com/kennethbedwards
I am heading to the West Coast in October for two weeks. My goal is to photograph as many Ballet Dancers as possible in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle.
I have set out to photograph Ballet Dancers, and through social media bring their stories and faces to those who may otherwise have been un-aware of their art, and the beautiful skills they have given their lives to cultivate. Give names, and individual personalities to the people we see on the stage. I believe that to know the artist you are watching, is to have a more personal connection to their performance.
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(Gigi Crouch)
Near the end of February I began shooting Ballet Dancers with a quick three day trip to Boston Ballet. Not long after returning to New York I began to travel to other cities shooting Professional Ballet Dancers wherever I went. In these few months I have shot nearly 120 dancers, and my instagram as gained more than 12k followers. And I have done all of this on my own dime. Not accepting payment from the professional Ballet Dancers I shoot.
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(Katie Williams)
This is because, while photography is how I make my living. The integrity of these images, and most importantly my mission in making them is more important than that. They are in tribute, and for the sake of the art form, both mine, and that of the Dancers.
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(Allyssa Bross)
at this point I should give a little back story:
I was raised a classical musician. Violin and Piano from the time I was 7, and Classical voice for as long as I can remember, even attending the Boston Conservatory of Music as a Vocal Major for a time.
Get me to the West Coast, and you will be helping me shine a light on many more incredible Ballet Dancers, some of whom you haven't yet been introduced to.
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(Daphne Fernberger)
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(Mimi Staker)
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(Catherine Hurlin)
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(Brittany Stone)
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(Mimi Staker)
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(Alec Knight)
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(Cassie Trenary)
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(Mikaela Kelly)