Camilla Greenwell's guest appearances

Camilla Greenwell

Front Row

Terpsichore

Alain De Botton

Tom Hanks

Jordan Peele

Karl Lagerfeld

Lissa Evans

Quentin Tarantino

Aaron Sorkin

Jamie MacDonald

Sarah Williams

Andy Serkis

Billy Lynn

Alex Gibney

John Adams

Edmund de Waal

Ian McKellen

OwlTail

Camilla Greenwell is a London-based dance photographer. She has worked with numerous high-profile dancers, companies, and venues, including the Barbican, Sadler’s Wells, Candoco Dance Company, and Rambert, to name a few, for who she creates unique imagery informed by her interest in people and the stories they tell. Outside of dance, Camilla has also photographed for publications such as The Guardian, The Telegraph Magazine, FT Weekend, and Toast, using her editorial work to inform her performance photography and visa versa. Most recently, Camilla put together a digital exhibition with Sadler’s Wells titled Movement in Still Form. I couldn’t wait to talk to her about the collaborative process when working with leading dance companies and institutions, how she aims to give the impression of motion in static photographs, and whether dance photography should be viewed as an artistic medium in its own right rather than just for documentation and promotional purposes. 

Camilla Greenwell is a London-based dance photographer. She has worked with numerous high-profile dancers, companies, and venues, including the Barbican, Sadler’s Wells, Candoco Dance Company, and Rambert, to name a few, for who she creates unique imagery informed by her interest in people and the stories they tell. Outside of dance, Camilla has also photographed for publications such as The Guardian, The Telegraph Magazine, FT Weekend, and Toast, using her editorial work to inform her performance photography and visa versa. Most recently, Camilla put together a digital exhibition with Sadler’s Wells titled Movement in Still Form. I couldn’t wait to talk to her about the collaborative process when working with leading dance companies and institutions, how she aims to give the impression of motion in static photographs, and whether dance photography should be viewed as an artistic medium in its own right rather than just for documentation and promotional purposes.

Episode 12: Camilla Greenwell

Raoul Peck

Raoul Peck is a Haitian filmmaker whose documentary I Am Not Your Negro, based on the words of James Baldwin, was Oscar-nominated and won a Bafta in 2018. Now he has made a new documentary series in 4 parts, Exterminate All the Brutes, looking at the impact of colonialism and the development of racist ideas using a mixture of voice-over, dramatisation, animation and Hollywood movies. He talks about the making of it and why he wanted to tell both a personal and a global history. While rug-making may be associated with an older generation, Gen Z have claimed it as their own, making 'tufting' one of the biggest arts and crafts trends on TikTok. Tufting allows artists to 'paint' with yarn, by using a hand-held machine that punches yarn into canvas. It can be used to create rugs, but also clothing and wall hangings. Here to explain the process of tufting is artist Trish Anderson from her studio in Savannah, Georgia. To celebrate International Dance Day, Samira Ahmed speaks to photographer Camilla Greenwell, whose exhibition of dance photographs, Movement in Still Form is launched by Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage. The exhibition is presented online at Google Arts and Culture and invites audiences to see moments of the creative process where artists come together to make the dance we eventually see in performance. Greenwell’s images capture unique rehearsal moments not usually seen by the public, and she speaks about the intimacy of photographing dancers at work.Presenter: Samira AhmedProducer: Oliver Jones

Raoul Peck is a Haitian filmmaker whose documentary I Am Not Your Negro, based on the words of James Baldwin, was Oscar-nominated and won a Bafta in 2018. Now he has made a new documentary series in 4 parts, Exterminate All the Brutes, looking at the impact of colonialism and the development of racist ideas using a mixture of voice-over, dramatisation, animation and Hollywood movies. He talks about the making of it and why he wanted to tell both a personal and a global history. While rug-making may be associated with an older generation, Gen Z have claimed it as their own, making 'tufting' one of the biggest arts and crafts trends on TikTok. Tufting allows artists to 'paint' with yarn, by using a hand-held machine that punches yarn into canvas. It can be used to create rugs, but also clothing and wall hangings. Here to explain the process of tufting is artist Trish Anderson from her studio in Savannah, Georgia. To celebrate International Dance Day, Samira Ahmed speaks to photographer Camilla Greenwell, whose exhibition of dance photographs, Movement in Still Form is launched by Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage. The exhibition is presented online at Google Arts and Culture and invites audiences to see moments of the creative process where artists come together to make the dance we eventually see in performance. Greenwell’s images capture unique rehearsal moments not usually seen by the public, and she speaks about the intimacy of photographing dancers at work. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Oliver Jones

Raoul Peck, Camilla Greenwell and Tufting on TikTok