Ed Yourdon
September tango - Sep 2012 - 33
Note: I chose this as my "photo of the day" for Nov 24, 2012.
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Nearly three months elapsed after I photographed the tango dancers at the 10th anniversary of the VolvoTango gathering on Pier 45 (where Christopher Street runs into the Hudson River in New York City's West Village), before I finally came back in mid-September 2012. I had been preoccupied with other duties, and I was away from the city for most of August, finally returning to the Big Apple just before the Labor Day holiday weekend …
I returned to Pier 45 on a Sunday afternoon in mid-September, and then again a few days later, on a Wednesday afternoon. I chose the dates primarily because a glance at the sky in mid-afternoon told me that the "golden hour" before sunset would almost certainly provide me with the kind of light that I love to see on the dancers' faces.
As I've mentioned in other Flickr sets, I have now met a few of the dancers at previous tango events, and I made a point of introducing myself to several others, handing out business cards with my Flickr address so that people would be able to find these pictures without too much difficulty. But the dancers have good reason to be more interested in the music, and the movement of their partners, than a guy on the sideline with a camera -- so most of them simply ignore me...
As I've also pointed out in some previous Flickr albums (here, for example), I do not dance the tango; and even after watching the dancers for nearly three years, I know almost nothing about the history, the folklore, or even the steps and rhythms of the tango. But after accidentally stumbling upon a local gathering of tango aficionados on a business trip to Washington in August 2009 (see my Flickr set Last tango in Washington), I discovered that there were similar informal events throughout New York City. When I got home, I searched on the Internet and found a schedule of upcoming tango events at several different NYC locations -- including Pier 45, where I made my first visit in mid-April of 2010, which led to this set of photos.
Altogether, I've now taken a dozen sets of tango-related photos, and you can see a thumbnail overview of them in this Flickr collection. And if you'd like to watch some other examples NYC tango dancing, check out Richard Lipkin's Guide to Argentine Tango in New York City.
September tango - Sep 2012 - 33
Note: I chose this as my "photo of the day" for Nov 24, 2012.
***************************************
Nearly three months elapsed after I photographed the tango dancers at the 10th anniversary of the VolvoTango gathering on Pier 45 (where Christopher Street runs into the Hudson River in New York City's West Village), before I finally came back in mid-September 2012. I had been preoccupied with other duties, and I was away from the city for most of August, finally returning to the Big Apple just before the Labor Day holiday weekend …
I returned to Pier 45 on a Sunday afternoon in mid-September, and then again a few days later, on a Wednesday afternoon. I chose the dates primarily because a glance at the sky in mid-afternoon told me that the "golden hour" before sunset would almost certainly provide me with the kind of light that I love to see on the dancers' faces.
As I've mentioned in other Flickr sets, I have now met a few of the dancers at previous tango events, and I made a point of introducing myself to several others, handing out business cards with my Flickr address so that people would be able to find these pictures without too much difficulty. But the dancers have good reason to be more interested in the music, and the movement of their partners, than a guy on the sideline with a camera -- so most of them simply ignore me...
As I've also pointed out in some previous Flickr albums (here, for example), I do not dance the tango; and even after watching the dancers for nearly three years, I know almost nothing about the history, the folklore, or even the steps and rhythms of the tango. But after accidentally stumbling upon a local gathering of tango aficionados on a business trip to Washington in August 2009 (see my Flickr set Last tango in Washington), I discovered that there were similar informal events throughout New York City. When I got home, I searched on the Internet and found a schedule of upcoming tango events at several different NYC locations -- including Pier 45, where I made my first visit in mid-April of 2010, which led to this set of photos.
Altogether, I've now taken a dozen sets of tango-related photos, and you can see a thumbnail overview of them in this Flickr collection. And if you'd like to watch some other examples NYC tango dancing, check out Richard Lipkin's Guide to Argentine Tango in New York City.