Taking Flight: When Forces Align
Below are the stunning images taken by photographer Jamie Nease during two photo shoots with ballerinas from the San Francisco Ballet. All are wearing Ellen Brook designs. But first, the story behind the images.
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The idea was born over a cup of coffee. At my first get-together at a French café with photographer Jamie Nease, we sparked the idea: we could meld our mutual passion for fashion, art, photography, color and dance.
We envisioned professional ballerinas as our models. We dreamed they would take flight or balance just-so on their tippy toes, wrapped in my hand-painted fabrics or designs. Jamie would capture the convergence of color, shape, movement and beauty — all in a split second. Enter Instagram! In our first shoot, we discovered Madison Keesler, Kamryn Baldwin and Ami Yuki, all dancers with the San Francisco Ballet (at the time). Add Jamielyn Duggan, a classically trained dancer with the SF Opera and contemporary troupes. Ashlee Samson and Taylor Gallanter would add their magic as hair and makeup specialists.
In the second shoot, we add the beauty and poise of four other SF Ballet ballerinas – Kimberly Braylock, Vaentina Olson, Lizzy Powell and Thamires Chuvas, And the hair and makeup skills of Maya Roget.
