Sue Green received her first camera, a Kodak Brownie, from her parents when she was just a child. After not using a camera for 40 years, her interest in photography was re-awakened at Burning Man in 2015. She discovered that she enjoyed people-watching and photographing what she was seeing. But tragedy befell her at this event. Her first digital camera, a Sony point-and-shoot, literally bit the dust in a desert storm. This happened while she was supposed to be documenting her 150-person camp and producing the camp’s dance events. The Sony has been replaced by a Canon EOS 60D, with an 18-135mm zoom, that was a surprise gift from her partner. He had won an electricians’ safety award, and instead of selecting a “men’s toy” for himself, he chose the camera for Sue. What a nice surprise!
Once you see Sue’s pictures, you will know that her love of dance and interest in photography are a perfect match. She has worked as a costume designer, public radio and TV engineer, Arthur Murray ballroom dance instructor, and a therapeutic dance teacher for people with disabilities – even wheelchair dancers.
Today, Sue is a conscious dance event producer. Conscious dance is a worldwide shamanic and transformational therapeutic practice. It is free-form meditation. There are no steps to learn. Dancers let go of their egos and disappear into the dance. Since the dancers are comfortable with Sue, she has been able to photograph them in various stages of meditation, and it appears that they are unaware that they are being photographed. She feels fortunate that so many people are willing to be photographed as they explore the territory of the soul. Sue has merged photography and her passion for dance into a new art form.
Sue uses the photos she takes at her conscious dance events on her website, email letters, Facebook, and Meetup events.
If you’d like to learn more about conscious dance, visit her website: www.5RhythmnsDC.com . Or, you ask her about it at our next meeting.
Let’s all take a moment to welcome Sue Green to SSCC. She would like to learn a lot from us, but also has much that she can offer in return.