Dancers After Dark

This is an amazing experience inside of a binder. I'm amazed not only by the skill of the dancers, but the composition as well as the lighting. I'm not a coffee book table kind of person, but if I were, this would be on top. After browsing through a few pages in a local book shop, I couldn't get it out of my mind. I later purchased the book to show my children (7 and 11) to show them how beautiful the human body can be in a tasteful and artistic way. They are getting to that age where it could go either way, and I took this opportunity to help them look at the human body in a positive light. Jordan Matter's Dancers After Dark worked perfectly. It went from giggles and silly comments to appreciation for the dancer's skills and the feelings generated by the composition. I love it!

Jordan Matter is insane. He is also brilliant, and he knows an awful lot of talented, beautiful, equally insane dancers. And he convinced them to go out into the streets of major cities with him, after dark, and strike stunning poses with no clothes on.They only had one near encounter with police, Matter said, and it ended well.I love this book so much. This is a photography book where it looks like EVERYBODY had fun.These images are amazing. People hanging from lampposts, playing in civic fountains, creating multi-person artistic formations under street lights, and all of it conveying the sheer joys of expressing yourself and getting away with it.You should also check out his site and his YouTube channel for behind-the-scenes videos of some of the shoots.

This is so much more than just a book of pretty pictures. Jordan Matter's photos come alive as you gaze at them; the sheer power of their beauty is mesmerizing. It is difficult to tear oneself away from one, only to be equally transported by the next. The imagination of the photographer, combined with the extraordinary physical qualities of his subjects and their environments, create an equation that is at once stunning and thought-provoking. I have just received this book, and have already spent much time reflecting on it: reviewing the compositions, the nature of the light, and the stark and splendid results that Jordan has captured.This book would be an amazing gift for anyone who dances, travels, appreciates beauty, moves, or even just breathes.

Even though the pictured dancers are in superb physical shape, it’s amazing none were injured while striking the athletic poses in, on and around the locations used in the book. Even more amazing, the often quickly-posed photos don’t reveal a single crotch, male or female!The photos are roughly half color, half black & white. Both work and reproduction is excellent. A number of photos are printed across the binding, but generally this doesn’t detract from the image – kudos to the art director. My only complaint, probably echoed by many buying the book, is that it’s too small. Howard Schatz’ similarly-themed “Passion & Line” is a majestic 11x14” and printed on heavy stock. “Dancers After Dark” deserves to be printed larger than a textbook.

The book has a good concept, with dancers staged theatrically in front of architectural landmarks or interesting spots. The dancers are pretty average as dancers go. IF you are using it for references though, I would not pick this book because the lighting washes out the dancers bodies to look flat, and most of the pictures, in order to show the scale of the environment, make the dancers out to be very small in the picture. Other than that, the composition of the dancers is great.

Great book.Wonderful photos.Creative photographer and dancers.Amazing poses to 'expose' us to the art of dancing, dancing positions, diversity of dancers, diversity of scenes / places, ...Put out a second and third book for 'Dancers during the Day' or 'Dancers at Day Break', ...Love to see non-city alternative settings for a future book in other countries that USA and Western-Europe. NZ, Australia, Indonesia, Africa, Russia, Japan, ...Nice to see explanations of how the dancers were staged, prepared, lit, focus, cropped, ...My favorite is the woman dancer in CA coast at sunset - beautiful setting (beach / rocks / water), sunset colors, dancer pose and poise, ...

I had been watching Jordan's instagram posts for a while so i had an idea what i was in store for, but was blown away with the final results.Ordered the hard cover which comes with an ice sleeve as well. All the pictures are very well done, many are in NYC and many are overseas as well. The pictures are amazing and have a wide variety of scenes. Anywhere from sleek urban settings, to ice water in Colorado. Its also interesting that he time stamps the pictures, so in the city pics you have an idea what would be going on at that time.

Really sublime photos in a beautiful book. Everyone I show this to wants a copy, so I've bought several more as gifts! Good quality paper and printing, feels like something I can keep forever. The dancers become almost like human sculptures in these photos - a mix of B&W and color shots from all over the world, in a variety of striking (and sometimes very surprising) locations. It's amazing that they pulled this off - there's some behind the scenes stories in the back, too, that are fun.

set in almost impromptu sights around the artistic world glorious pictures of naked dancers showing clean lines and forms without an pounce of surplus flesh; consistently enthralling tableaux

I love this book, so inspirational from a photographers perspective. The images are beautiful and interesting even for those who may not have an interest in dance, just photography.

Beautiful book

Beautiful

The results of this project are extraordinary, exquisite and utterly life-affirming. A book to really savour, the images elicited in me joy, wonder, admiration, respect, and a great appreciation for the reciprocal courage and trust expressed by the photographer and dancers.