My junior year in university I enrolled in a course with Erin Manning. That course might have been the most informative class I took during my 4.5 years in the IMCA program and opened my brain to the possibility of actually combining my interests in the body (movement) with my interests in philosophy and new media. While I am still thinking about the ways that I want to approach those ideas in some kind of holistic manner, Erin is creating some pretty amazing projects and events exploring the dynamics and politics of movement, touch, and sense(ability). Erin Manning Research.

As a dance and yoga person, I have become somewhat of a connoisieur of movement photographers. It’s not an easy thing to capture the essence, fluidity and prose of the body in motion. I posted earlier about Dan Schmidt in Boulder, who does wonderful work with yoga asana. I’m happy to have found another photographer here in Portland taking amazing pictures! With an extensive gallery of dance, yoga and portrait-style photography, Brian McDonnell is bringing the art of movement photography into the realm of fantasy, romance and nostalgia. What beautiful visions! I’m inspired to move more gracefully just looking at these images!

http://bmacstudio.com/