Focus (Italy)
What would happen if the dancers invaded every corner of the metropolis? The U.S. photographer Jordan Matter has made the test in New York and Montreal: use of city spaces for daily activities such as drinking coffee, shopping or take the underground, so to say the least, unusual and imaginative. The goal? "Have fun, amaze and inspire."
NY Daily News
When he's not working weddings or model portfolios, Jordan Matter likes to photograph dancers suspended high in the air against iconic New York settings. For his "Dancers Among Us" project, the Manhattan photographer is using backdrops like the New York Public Library, Columbia University, St. Patrick's Cathedral and Yankee Stadium to create what he hopes will be a collection of 100 images, some of which will go on display at the DanceNOW festival in September.
TimeOut Chicago
A ballerina penchées in an asphalt pit in the Kinzie Industrial Corridor. A contemporary dancer leaps in front of a Metra train. These Chicago images, along with more than 100 other shots taken from coast to coast, appear in Jordan Matter's upcoming book, Dancers Among Us, scheduled for release in early 2013. Future locations include Boston, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
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The Huffington Post"A cool advertising campaign, shot by renegade dance photographer Jordan Matter, captures the dancers' ballsy uptown foray." |
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Slate Magazine"It's the most obvious concept; I can’t believe I didn’t think of it." That’s the response Jordan Matter usually gets from dance photographers experiencing his Dancers Among Us series for the first time. |
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Culturemap Houston"The man is a master improviser. In little over an hour, we found a location, created a pose, got the shot and attracted attention from the police. The process went so fast we had time to get doughnuts afterward, which the muddy dancers inhaled." |
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An article on Reddit entitled "Damn hipsters" gets over 23,000 people to view the full article on my blog. |
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Photo District NewsIn April of 2010, this project was featured as Photo of the Day on the prestigious Photo District News website. |
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NBC New YorkStraphangers are not even phased by the moves of dancer Jeffery Smith clad in a business suit looking like he's in pursuit of an arriving train in the Times Square 42nd St. subway station while performing a split in mid-air. |
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The GothamistPhotographer Jordan Matter has an amazingly fun series called Dancers Among Us, which is exactly what it sounds like: dancers amongst familiar backdrops in New York City. He began the ongoing project a year ago, which features members of the Paul Taylor and Martha Graham Dance Companies, as well as settings like Yankee Stadium and the New York Public Library. And believe it or not, there were no tricks or trampolines used in capturing these images. |
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ArtsCriticATL.comTommy Panto, a 6-foot-4-inch dancer with Atlanta Ballet, stood in a jail cell. As he arched his back and clung to the metal window grate for support, his feet shied away from dust bunnies and grime (below). A camera clicked. |
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Daily Telegraph, LondonNew York photographer Jordan Matter's "Dancers Among Us" project features performers from the Paul Taylor Dance Company performing guerrilla dance moves in iconic Manhattan location. |
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La RepubblicaJordan Matter, fotografo americano con alle spalle una carriera da giocatore di baseball e una di attore, ha immaginato una New York invasa da ballerini professionisti. "Dancers Among Us" - "I ballerini sono tra noi" - è il titolo di una serie di scatti che ritrae danzatori di due importanti compagnie - La Paul Taylor e la Martha Graham - alle prese con normali attività quotidiane: leggere un libro, fare sport, prendere la metropolitana. |
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JezebelIn 2009, photographer Jordan Matter began a series of shots capturing dancers in motion throughout New York. The result, titled Dancers Among Us is, in the words of our tipster, exactly what Vogue spreads should look like. |