Winnie Asawa | Dancer Portrait Session in London
Winnie Asawa dances with the Royal Ballet and the Wayne McGregor Company, and shooting her wasn't like most portrait sessions. There's a control in how she moves and holds herself - even standing still between setups, she was a great model.
This started as a personal project, but it's the kind of work I want to do more of: press and editorial images for dancers and dance artists. I wanted to test some new lighting and try shooting movement in the studio - which is harder than it sounds. Winnie was the right subject for both, and the frames double as press and website images for her.
Dancers are used to being watched, but I think when it’s just one viewer pointing a big camera at you, it’s a bit different but Winnie was great. The bit I was after sits between the two - somewhere between performing and simply being there. We shot in a studio in Bloomsbury, central London.
The movement frame was one where you press the shutter and just hope the camera kept up.
More of Winnie's work at winnieasawa.com. Photos below.
