Our family spends much of June through August in Berkshire County, MA, at the magical place that is Jacob’s Pillow. My wife Nel Shelby is the Pillow’s Director of Media, and I’m the Festival Photographer, making photos of Festival events, performances, and creative portraits whenever possible.
I have photographed for Amanda more than 50 times over the past 12 years. I’m so grateful for her!
In October, I had the opportunity to photograph Twyla Tharp’s work at New York City Center. It was fantastic! The program included two of her most famous works, In the Upper Room and Nine Sinatra Songs.
This Fall, I had the pleasure of photographing Fall for Dance at New York City Center. This was the first time I made photos of a full show with a live audience for this festival, and it was really fantastic to photograph the show in its full and vibrant entirety (I photographed the 2020 performances during the pandemic without an audience, and last year, I worked with Nel’s video team.)
It’s really exciting to be here, and you can really sense the energy that everyone is in work mode. All the artists rehearsing and choreographing, Nel’s team filming and editing, me personally photographing and meeting editing deadlines. It’s exhausting and exhilarating at the same time.
Christopher is sharing a roundup of photo from the first 3 weeks of the Jacob’s Pillow Dance 90th Anniversary Festival, and a behind-the-scenes look at video footage on Nel’s blog this week.