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Dance Prints: Humans Slicing Through Space series by Jesús Armand(aka Jesús Chapa-Malacara).

by Jesús Armand (aka Jesús Chapa-Malacara). Dance Prints: Humans Slicing Through Space series.

Dance is all about beautiful movement. It is movement usually in relation to music, or sound. It is, in its essence, also a language of movement.

Dance Prints: Humans Slicing Through Space series by Jesús Armand (aka Jesús Chapa-Malacara).

JÉSUS ARMAND

Photographer Jesús Armand (aka Jesús Chapa-Malacara) tells the story of dance, using its own language.

Dance Prints: Humans Slicing Through Space series by Jesús Armand (aka Jesús Chapa-Malacara).

Armand’s long-term project, Dance Prints: Humans Slicing Through Space, is a masterpiece series, that conveys the form and trajectory of dancers’ movements with stunning elegance, set against stark black backgrounds.

Dance Prints: Humans Slicing Through Space series by Jesús Armand (aka Jesús Chapa-Malacara).

Each photo captures one movement, from beginning to end. The blur between beginning and end, caught by long exposures, is part of the joy.

Dance Prints: Humans Slicing Through Space series by Jesús Armand (aka Jesús Chapa-Malacara).

Armand’s photos are not Photoshopped or manipulated. He uses no special equipment. This makes the images even more admirable as we appreciate their technical brilliance, his use of light and sensitive composition.

Dance Prints: Humans Slicing Through Space series by Jesús Armand (aka Jesús Chapa-Malacara).

Beyond his photography work, Armand is a multimedia artist, fine art and commercial photographer and former professional ballet dancer.

Dance Prints: Humans Slicing Through Space series by Jesús Armand (aka Jesús Chapa-Malacara).

See more of Armand’s work here. And you can purchase his beautiful prints here.

Dance Prints: Humans Slicing Through Space series by Jesús Armand (aka Jesús Chapa-Malacara).

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Dance Prints: Humans Slicing Through Space series by Jesús Armand (aka Jesús Chapa-Malacara).