Arts Design

THE ART OF MOVING WHAT SURROUNDS YOU NOW

Image by Alexander Yakovlev.

by Alexander Yakovlev.

The art of movement can sometimes enhanced by things that accentuate things that move but aren’t easily seen. Today, we are featuring two fine arts photographers, each with distinctive style and subject matter, that have captured the essence of beautiful movement.

Russian studio-dance photographer Alexander Yakovlev

ALEXANDER YAKOVLEV

When dancers move, we see their bodies, but we don’t see the air movements they create. Russian studio-dance photographer Alexander Yakovlev shows us the beauty of a dancer’s airs by adding -- wait for it --- flour -- to the mix.

Russian studio-dance photographer Alexander Yakovlev

From ballet to breakdancing, Yakovlev’s photos span a wide spectrum of dance styles. And, because each style has its own kind of movement, the patterns that form in the powdery air are particular.

Russian studio-dance photographer Alexander Yakovlev

Swirls and poufs, trails and dustings emerge when dancers move as living kinetic sculptures. All are frozen through Yakovlev’s lens. And that’s just the technical brilliance. The composition in each image draws your eyes into each and every arabesque, attracting them to every particle of powder.

Rhaetian Railway from Chur, Switzerland to Tirano, Italy.

ROLF SACHS -- RHAETIAN RAILWAY LINE

Photographer Rolf Sachs moves us through the Swiss and Italian Alps, as he travels on the famous Rhaetian Railway Line.

Rhaetian Railway from Chur, Switzerland to Tirano, Italy.

Everything is a blur. But that’s a good thing.

Rhaetian Railway from Chur, Switzerland to Tirano, Italy.

Colors, textures, light and shadow all look different in motion.

This railway line, which is serviced by two separate railways, stretches from Chur, Switzerland to Tirano, offering spectacular views along the way. It is part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Rhaetian Railway from Chur, Switzerland to Tirano, Italy.

Spanning almost 250 miles, rolling across dozens of bridges, through dozens of tunnels, climbing as high as 7,392 feet above sea level, we move with Sachs, as if we were his traveling companions on the world’s most beautiful train ride.

Rhaetian Railway from Chur, Switzerland to Tirano, Italy.

In his quest to appreciate the fleeting beauty that exists all around him, Sachs is interested in life as it passes by.

We find his views breathtaking. We love the visual whoosh and swoosh. Sachs works the perfect balance of “fog” and clarity, using a Leica S camera.

Rhaetian Railway from Chur, Switzerland to Tirano, Italy.

Some of Sachs’ images look like Impressionist painting. We feel them -- and we imagine. Their effect is more moving than their detail.

We feel Sachs move. We feel the train move. We feel the world move in these photos.

Rhaetian Railway from Chur, Switzerland to Tirano, Italy.

Read more about Beautiful Movement, as it relates to Arts/Design, Nature/Science, Food/Drink, Place/Time, Mind/Body, and Soul/Impact including Beautiful Images & Ideas That Will Move You Now, Waves Are Found to Move the Whole Planet, and Beautiful New Spins on Flying Food Now.

Rhaetian Railway from Chur, Switzerland to Tirano, Italy.

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Rhaetian Railway from Chur, Switzerland to Tirano, Italy.

IMAGE CREDITS:

Image: by Alexander Yakovlev.
Image: by Alexander Yakovlev.
Image: by Alexander Yakovlev.
Image: by Alexander Yakovlev.
Image: by Rolf Sachs. Camera in Motion. Rhaetian Railway from Chur, Switzerland to Tirano, Italy.
Image: by Rolf Sachs. Camera in Motion. Rhaetian Railway from Chur, Switzerland to Tirano, Italy.
Image: by Rolf Sachs. Camera in Motion. Rhaetian Railway from Chur, Switzerland to Tirano, Italy.
Image: by Rolf Sachs. Camera in Motion. Rhaetian Railway from Chur, Switzerland to Tirano, Italy.
Image: by Rolf Sachs. Camera in Motion. Rhaetian Railway from Chur, Switzerland to Tirano, Italy.
Image: by Rolf Sachs. Camera in Motion. Rhaetian Railway from Chur, Switzerland to Tirano, Italy.
Image: by Rolf Sachs. Camera in Motion. Rhaetian Railway from Chur, Switzerland to Tirano, Italy.
Image: by Rolf Sachs. Camera in Motion. Rhaetian Railway from Chur, Switzerland to Tirano, Italy.
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Image: by Rolf Sachs. Camera in Motion. Rhaetian Railway from Chur, Switzerland to Tirano, Italy.

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