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Split Personalities - Limited Edition 6 of 25 Photograph

Steve Hix

United States

Photography, Color on Aluminium

Size: 24 W x 24 H x 0.5 D in

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I was in a period of being very color hungry after completing a couple of projects where I utilized an extremely subtle white scale for my pallet. I was craving for deeply saturated primary colors that would scream off the metal utilizing dye sublimation. Fortunately I came across Judy Bejarno, director of Impact Dance Company here in Ft. Collins. She put together of group of her dancers she thought would be agreeable to having their bodies painted primary colors and dance into the formations I had designed. After a month of searching for the perfect natural green grass to accent the red, yellow and blue body paint colors, I came across an indoor soccer field with artificial turf. It was the dead of summer and I was afraid the body paint would melt off the dancers bodies, so this was a great solution since the building was air-conditioned. Upon overseeing three hours of body painting Judy and I lifted off into the air thirty feet over the fake green grass on a hydraulic lift. I hoped to shoot the twenty layouts I had prepared in the four hours I had left on my soccer field lease. The dancers and I had rehearsed the layouts multiple times at their studio so everything immediately started falling into place. Having Judy interpret, in dance terminology, what I wanted from them was extremely helpful. As we progressed through the shot list the dancers began creating their own interpretive moves that just added to the initial concepts. It was very interesting to watch the transformation of the group from the shyness they exhibited when first exposing their bodies to the rest of the dancers until they were leaping across the floor and jumping over one another at the end of the shoot. The free flowing attitude of everyone involved allowed me to capture more than twice the number of images than any kaleidoscope project to date. Needless to say, I got the color fix I so craved. The “Primary Dancers” Kaleidoscope series is one of four Kaleidoscopes I have completed since 2010. Each has its own personality and purpose, but all of them follow the same graphic guidelines and precision. The individual photos and nine-panel Kaleidoscopes shown on this site are a part of the 81 image Kaleidoscopes available at my website. I hope the collector of this image will feel the beauty of the interconnectivity that takes place between humans when they are determined to work and play as a team. www.hixphoto.com This image ©2011 Steve Hix Photography

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Photography:Color on Aluminium

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:1

Size:24 W x 24 H x 0.5 D in

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For nearly five decades Steve Hix’s photographic path has evolved along with his subject matter. He began working in news and documentary photography in the late 1960’s, shooting anti-war protests for the Associated Press, Time and Newsweek. In 1974 he joined a very large commercial studio located in Kansas City where he learned many of the intricacies of studio lighting. In 1980 Steve started Steve Hix Photography where he expanded into location assignments in addition to operating a 4,000 square foot studio space in downtown KC. He grew his business quickly and his client list began to include major national corporate, fashion, product and advertising companies. He moved his operations to Austin, TX in 1983 where he focused on the top technological companies of the world. After working six days a week for two years straight Steve closed his studio in 1988 to travel around the world for a year to refresh his vision. He returned with over 150,000 stock photographs that still sell today. He opened a new studio upon his return in Kansas City, but began focusing on national and international location assignments. His business boomed and he was soon being featured in the top design and photography magazines in the world. His client list began to look like the “Who’s Who” list of the top corporations and advertising agencies in the world. In 1996 Steve moved his photography business to San Francisco where he continued to work on assignments worldwide. He won many national and international awards over the next decade as he photographed in over 70 countries on assignments. In 2001 he moved to Los Angeles to work with Corbis, where he began shooting very high end, production oriented stock photography. He left Corbis in 2004 to move back to Austin, TX where he started his own brand of stock specializing in the Hispanic lifestyle market. Over the next six years he built the brand, Somos, to become the highest quality Hispanic stock brand in the world. In 2010 he sold Somos to Bill Gates’ private company, Corbis Images, and moved to Colorado to continue his fine art career.

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