Nijinsky

Nijinsky

From Collection: Ballet de Lumière

by Neil Duncan

In 2007 I was competing in a sailing regatta between Australia and Timor when I was captivated by the myriad of yachts navigation lights on the first night at sea. Having spent 40 years as a professional photographer, and having recently converted from film to digital, I was intrigued to see what I could capture. The resulting pictures of moving lights became my first exhibition in many years, it was called “Ships In The Night” and was extremely well reviewed.

Thus a course was set as I immersed myself in the new found pleasure of searching out subjects that would light up my mind in the act of the capture. Sydney at Christmas and New Year is awash with lights and I found myself once more keen to create images no one had seen before. The movement of the camera as I danced with it to the music in my mind while exposing the digital chip to the lights became my fascination, and “Ballet De Lumière” had begun.The artworks are named after famous dancers, as well as a collection of fanciful names which reflect the musical motif of these artworks. All artworks are created “In Camera”.