I was very lucky to participate in this shoot last week. I am a teaching assistant at CDIA in Waltham, MA and the school wanted to send some students into Boston to photograph costumes backstage at The New England Conservatory’s production of Cavalli’s Egisto. I immediately volunteered to help the students as I am a huge theater fan. When I got to the theater I was thrilled to find out that I would actually get to shoot!
We had to shoot in a tight space but everything worked out perfectly. The actors were fabulous in front of the camera and extremely patient while we took turns photographing them. Working with performers is always fun because the collaboration between the subject and photographer ends up being theatrical, a vibe I like to convey in my photographs. The costumes by designer Seth Bodie were amazing – their bold color palette was a pleasure to photograph.
It’s hard to choose what to show you because all of the costumes were phenomenal. Here is a small sampling.
by leahlar
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