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Photographers, cont. frompage 17


Pictured: SmuinBallet. Photo:Marty Sohl


Pictured:DrewJacoby, LinesBallet. Photo:Marty Sohl me. Iwant to capture their passion inmy photos.”


Sharen Bradford My question to Sharen:What inspires you to get behind the lens? Sharen: “Bodies inmotion.”Afewmore quotes…“Photography is my joy, and dance ismy passion.My father gavememy first 35mm camerawhen I started graduate school, pursuing amaster’s degree in dance. Excited and anxious to learn about photography, I enrolled in a class.One of the first assignmentswas using shutter speed to stop action and blurmotion in an image. Since Iwas a dancer, photo- graphing other dancerswas a natural choice. I persuadedmy friend, dancer Jane ChalkDavis, to be the subject of those assignments. Jane danced, I clicked andmagic happened. Capturing those dancing images determinedmy future in the danceworld. Eventually,


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Pictured:Momix in “Botanica. Photo: SharenBradford DANCE!NORTHTEXAS


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