{"product_id":"after-the-dance-jacobs-pillow-2005","title":"Sylvia Plachy: After The Dance, Jacob’s Pillow, 2005","description":"\u003cp\u003e“After the dance and after the last bow, the dancers gathered at the foot of the stage at Jacob’s Pillow. They sat there and took questions from the audience when I noticed that one pair of legs was still dancing.”—Sylvia Plachy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSylvia Plachy, the first photographer assigned to shoot the opening photograph of the legendary Goings On About Town section of \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, explores in her work the city’s dynamics from the inside out, from the Mermaid Parade to camels walking through town on the way to the circus, and sometimes farther afield, as in the case of this beautiful limited-edition photograph \u003cem\u003eAfter the Dance, Jacob's Pillow 2005, \u003c\/em\u003ewhich was included in her latest Aperture book, \u003cem\u003eGoings On About Town: Photographs for The New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e (co-published with \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, 2007).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere, the artist captures a lush glimpse of dancers after a performance, with an eye and composition that is quintessentially Plachy. Plachy’s particular humor and her way of looking made the artist perfectly suited for the assignments she undertook, and the resulting color photographs offer up a joyful feast for all who behold them. This is a wonderful opportunity to own a work of art created by one of the medium’s most respected practitioners.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhotographer Richard Avedon perhaps summed it up best when he said of Sylvia Plachy: “She makes me laugh and she breaks my heart. She is moral. She is everything a photographer should be.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aperture","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42514071158918,"sku":"L0148","price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0585\/5399\/1302\/files\/Aperture-L0148-1_a137df56-28c4-4beb-9a08-7ae8ab874e9a.jpg?v=1763775565","url":"https:\/\/store.aperture.org\/products\/after-the-dance-jacobs-pillow-2005","provider":"Aperture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}