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"The Dancing Girls" |
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NOVEMBER 18th, 2008 |
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Photographer’s Statement With its origins in Victorian music halls burlesque emerged in the last century as a combustible blend of satire, performance art and adult entertainment. Featuring striptease and broad comedy acts performers often create elaborate sets with lush, colorful costumes, mood-appropriate music and dramatic lighting. Burlesque is always satirical, presented with a deliciously saucy edge. Many shows also feature novelty acts including fire-breathers and contortionists to enhance the evening's shock factor. Encompassing inimitable parody and enormous wit New York’s fantastic ladies of Burlesque have enthralled and often utterly enchanted me since I first encountered them in the East Village and Lower East Side. These photos are taken from a series of images I was lucky enough to capture around this great city over the last six years.
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About The Photographer Photojournalist Lisa Carpenter has lived in Manhattan since 1999. Her images for London's GUARDIAN, THE TIMES, TELEGRAPH, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD and THE SCOTSMAN have allowed her to travel the length and breadth of the American continent. She has shot portraits of countless superstars, outlaw bikers, lusty strippers, Nobel Prize winners, iconic martyrs, hopeless eccentrics and even the occasional evil genius. She continues to enjoy commissions from prestigious magazines including TIME, COSMOPOLITAN, Q, MARIE CLAIRE ITALIA, NME, HEAT, THE AGE MAGAZINE, HELLO, WOMAN'S DAY and CYCLE WORLD. Her international corporate client list includes AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, VIRGIN RECORDS, CLINIQUE, SONY BMG, RANDOM HOUSE, SUB POP and BBC AMERICA. Carpenter's work graces the covers of popular books, CDs and her more alternative images have now been exhibited in three acclaimed gallery shows in New York. Her work can be viewed at www.lisacarpenterphotos.com
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The photography series is curated by Song Chong |
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Previous exhibitions at The Half King For further information on these exhibits, please go here.
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