Category Archive: My Work

Young olive skinned girl crouching by partially shown stools with an intent look on her face as she takes a photograph through a window. It looks cold and bright outside, there are people walking past and the butterfly logo of Itsu is clearly visible on a temporary fence around tables

10 Uses For Your Photographer’s Workbook

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Uses of the photographer’s workbook for beginners and improvers

Nottdance & travel documents (c) Carole Edrich 2013

It’s Not(t)dance

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The stages of a dance meme, the creative progression of thought in the development of an artwork that incorporates critics into the dance itself, masturbation and performance art, the body’s betrayal of cooperative… Continue reading →

OBR Flashmobbers and MP Jenette Arnold at City Hall, (c) Carole Edrich 2013

London Pride

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England, Italy, Norway, Romania, Portugal, Poland, Germany, India, Bulgaria, France, Turkey, Greece, Afghanistan, Chechenia, Australia, Canada, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Hong Kong, Argentina, Georgia, Sweden, Finland… It sounds like a random list of nations,… Continue reading →

Millie Dollar in Burning Beat at the House of Wol, (c) Carole Edrich 2013

Self Portrait; doing what I love

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That’s me to the right of the image, backstage with the gorgeous Millie Dollar last night at the House of Wolf. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get much of her act because I… Continue reading →

Capoeira at South Bank, 2011. (c) Carole Edrich 2011

Capoerista control and cat slowmo redux

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Some time ago my friend Jeremy Hoare shared a beautiful slow motion comparison of the behaviour of two very different sorts of cat. I love the elegant beauty in the cats’ motion, the… Continue reading →

Siân Walters describing the story of Griselda in The Story of Griselda, Part 1: Marriage, c 1494, by the Master of the Story of Griselda (active c1490-1500), (c) the National Gallery, London, photo (c) Carole Edrich

A Marriage of Dance and Art; Love, Seduction and Courtship in the Renaissance

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Months ago, when the Metamorphosis: Titian exhibition still had a while to go, Ms Hedgehog and I decided to go to a guided lecture-tour on dance in Renaissance paintings. It was one of… Continue reading →

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OBR Flashmob class - Flamenco Component, (c) Carole Edrich 2013

One Billion Rising – Flashmob in 7 days

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One Billion Rising (OBR) is looking for people of all ages and abilities to take part in a dance flashmob on Valentine’s Day. I’ll be writing about it and the initiative (brainchild of… Continue reading →

JackieLe at the Flying Fleas, (c) Carole Edrich 2012

Oops! on Australia Day

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This image, taken in very low light, is of Jackie Le, arguably the most photogenic Australian I shot in 2012. Events – and energy – have conspired to stop me posting recently. However,… Continue reading →

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Traditional Flamemco singers performing in the Trinidad Shrine in Huelva, Spain. (c) Carole Edrich 2013

Wonderful Huelva

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What an incredible experience! The people at Cerro de Andevalo and the beautiful environmentally friendly boutique hotel Narayana Casa Camilo laid on an extraordinary night. This traditional flamenco from the area – from… Continue reading →

Darcey Bussell at the Royal Opera House, Summer 2012, (c) Carole Edrich 2012

Darcey Bussell agrees to be judge for Dance Photographer of the Year! #DancePOTY

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There’s not even a day left before I go to Andalusia on a photojournalistic tour of the cultural roots of flamenco and there are a hundred other things that must be done before… Continue reading →