Image: Chris Herzfeld (Photographer ) and Erin Fowler (Model/dancer) (detail), 2020, Giclee, 1100x800
March 10- 21, 2021
Opening event:
Sunday, March 14, 3:30-5pm
This exhibition celebrates 10 years of collaboration between renowned photographer Chris Herzfeld and dancer Erin Fowler. Creative collaborations such as these are immensely valuable to artists practice, and Chris and Erin have shown how strong creative relationship can grow and develop over time. Both have spent the past 10 years becoming attuned to each other’s practice, and are able to work intuitively as well as push each other to grow. In this series of portraits we see Erin’s incredible skill as a dancer and model showcased by Chris’ photography. Both have also made significant contributions to The Mill, Erin as Co-Founder and Chris as a long term supporter and contributor to our programming. Through this series of images we celebrate their collaboration, and also thank them for their continued contribution to the Adelaide creative sector!
Artist Statement
CHRIS : I’ve been really fortunate over the last 17 years to have collaborated with some fantastic dancers and artists on some really special projects. But it’s always super special when you reach a big milestone as I have done in 2020 with Erin Fowler. 10 years ago we started helping each other out on projects and over the years our relationship has morphed into fully collaborating in setting up and executing projects together.
Ok, maybe there been a few cakes eaten along the way as well to satisfy the 3pm sugar craving but it’s been an incredible, thoroughly rewarding & enjoyable journey working with Erin over the last 10 years. We’ve created a diverse range of projects over that time with memorable outcomes. A massive thanks to Erin, Kyra and all of those we’ve dragged into our vortex over the years.
ERIN : Chris, Kyra and I have been working together on dance photography collaborations since 2010. Together we have developed an attuned and creative approach to creating shots. Both Chris and I enjoy working relatively quickly and intuitively and I think that this approach results in very alive and energised shots.
At the beginning of 2020 Chris, Kyra and I decided that we would create 10 new projects for our 10th year of working together. These projects range from dance to fashion, as promotional shoots for dance projects and lots in between. We’ve shot in the studio & on location, here in South Australia and around the world. This exhibition is a small sample of the 20+ collections we have created together.
Artist Biography
Established in 2003 by Chris Herzfeld, Camlight Productions is a unique business that provides photography, cinematography and lighting services. Chris works extensively in the arts and in particular throughout the Australian dance industry as a photographer & a cinematographer.
Chris’s images are a fusion of fashion and dance. Drawing on the distinctive range of movement and shapes of dance in combination with the more traditional modelling poses, the image embodies a sense of drama, poise and style. This unique style creates images that have a sense of narrative within them. Chris likes to leave it to the viewer to use their imagination to create that story. In a world where digital manipulation and compositing are commonplace in photography Chris's approach is more classical, with an emphasis on lighting, colours and composition with the look of minimal post production processing. His images take on a 3D appearance so the viewer feels as if they are present in the location watching the action happen before their eyes.
Erin Fowler is an Australian artist working across the dance, theatre, music and film industries. She creates and presents deeply feminine, audience driven, socially minded work. Erin is a multi-faceted performer that blends together an eclectic mix of contemporary dance, theatre, music, clowning and martial arts. Erin’s choreographic credits includes FEMME, (2019 Adelaide Fringe - Best Dance Award. 2020 Adelaide Fringe – Made in Adelaide award), and toured to Reykjavik, Edinburgh & Stockholm. Other works include Gen- y (2018) commissioned for the Adelaide Dance Festival; Epoch (2016) created on Australian Dance Theatre for their Ignition season; and the dance film, Gaia (2014), which has currently screened in over 23 international film festivals.
Erin is a qualified Qoya teacher (a holistic movement practice for women) as well as a facilitator of women’s circles and women’s embodiment practices. Through her new NFO company The Gaia Movement, she is currently working with a number of international schools and partner organisations to develop a school education program and community engagement strategy bason on Gaia.
The Mill is an accessible space. Disability access is available via Angas St, and a disability toilet is also available. If you have any questions or additional accessibility requirements, please contact us at info@themilladelaide.com