In this middle of November, I traveled to the East Coast for a second photo shoot in a series devoted to documenting the history of the famous belly dancers and musicians in New England. This history is being preserved by my producer Alizah, who is a belly dancer, teacher, publisher, and writer in the Boston area. Alizah publishes a magazine called Middle Eastern Dance in New England. She also has a wonderful Sequins of Events blog too.
The rush photo above features a famous New England costume designer named Shadia. It was taken about mid-way through our mid-November week-end photo shoot, and I asked her to throw a shoe at me, which you can kind of see in the photo. Shadia is surrounded by several of her creations, which our art department hurriedly created on the photographic backdrop.
This was a really fun trip, all hosted by Alizah, who offered dazzling hospitality. This was a second round of photographing incredibly experienced belly dance lovelies, as well as a keener focus on the area musicians, many of whom are still playing, some three decades later. I got to photograph some of these music stars at two different clubs, so this was both a location and studio project.
The rush photo above features a famous New England costume designer named Shadia. It was taken about mid-way through our mid-November week-end photo shoot, and I asked her to throw a shoe at me, which you can kind of see in the photo. Shadia is surrounded by several of her creations, which our art department hurriedly created on the photographic backdrop.
This was a really fun trip, all hosted by Alizah, who offered dazzling hospitality. This was a second round of photographing incredibly experienced belly dance lovelies, as well as a keener focus on the area musicians, many of whom are still playing, some three decades later. I got to photograph some of these music stars at two different clubs, so this was both a location and studio project.
