LOIS GREENFIELD PHOTOGRAPHY

By: Maddy Samayoa &Jocelyn Sarceno

Say Hi to Lois Greenfield

Lois is an American photographer best known for her unique work to photographing the human form in motion. Lois began her photography career with The Village Voice, a newspaper and news website in NYC, that she now has a twenty year relationship with. This collaboration later led to assignments from newspapers and magazines around the world.

Get to know Lois

Born April 18,1949 in NYC Attended Hunter College Elementary School Graduated from Brandeis University in 1970 then returned to NYC She majored in Anthropology and expected to become an ethnographic filmmaker but instead she became a photojournalist for local Boston newspapers. Her career path changed in the mid 1970s when she was assigned to shoot a dress rehearsal for a dance concert.

Work Experience

She has created countless classic images for the worlds most well known dance companies such as Alvin Ailey, Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane, and American Ballet Theater

Work Experience

Her most recognized commercial assignment was the groundbreaking series of advertisements she created for Raymond Weil watches in 1993, which appeared for years on billboards and ads worldwide

Work Experience

Since her first show at New York Citys International Center of Photography in 1992, her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries such as the French Foundation of Photography, the Musee de LElysee in Lausanne, the Tel Aviv Art Museum, the ERARTA Contemporary Museum in St. Petersburg, and the Venice Biennale

Exhibits and Events

Dancing on Paper is Lois first exhibit with a single choreographer. This exhibit is a celebration of her collaboration with Eliot Field and his dance company Ballet Theatre Is it possible for a photographer to capture images of dancers without recording the dances themselves? Yes it is and the perfect evidence is found this exhibit Imagined Moments

Why Lois Greenfield Is Important..

Shes important because she is a well known photographer in NYC, that does extraordinary work. Shes important because she has photographed for the most well known dance companies Shes important and well known for her famous exhibits that have become very popular with international art and dance festivals.

Love her? Contact her

18 W. 21st Street, Suite 202 New York, NY 10010 (212) 633-9595 greenfieldstudio@loisgreenfield.com

Were you listening?

Which is not Lois Greenfields work?