As an innovative artist and creator of some of the most successful photographic images,
Harvey Edwards began to focus his attention on the subject of ballet after watching a dance
class and realizing that "in every ability there is a special drive."
Edwards often uses the shoes of the ballet dancer or photographs a particular dance
technique. For example, he conveys the total essence of dance by highlighting the dancer's legs
turned out in a delicate pli‚; in his series on musicians, he focuses on the hands of the artists
as they rest on their instruments.
Many of Edwards's projects are done in conjunction with major groups and
organizations such as the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hasselblad Camera
Company, the Joffrey Ballet and the American Ballet Theater.
Edwards, an artist whose medium is his camera, is an involved human being whose
artwork has had a major impact on the artistic and cultural communities.
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