Artist Blog

Every week an artist whose single image was published by Der Greif is given a platform in which to blog about contemporary photography.

Today we take a break from photography. We will be back to contemporary photography by tomorrow, with a work, I can’t wait to share with you! But for now, we will go back 90 years. The video I will show today was recorded in 1924 and shows Anna Pavlova performing “The dying swan”. This short solo is often associated with melancholy, the beauty of suffering or even death. Quite the contrary is true for me. I see a body which is relating to something bigger than itself, to an idea of beauty. I see a body which accepts to suffer in the pursuit of becoming the representation of an idea.

To enjoy the true beauty I highly recommend to turn off the sound of the video. It can not keep up with quality of the visual experience!