Klaus Vedfelt’s Elevate invites us to step into open horizons, where people rise and fall, jump and fly. The series was made in collaboration with art director Josie Gealer, as well as dancers and acrobats who hover, flip and leap against blue skies. Each picture shows an individual who is seeming to defy gravity: in a state between descent and ascent. This is a space which, in Vedfelt’s words: “echoes the tension inherent in growth, ambition and creative risk-taking.” Elevate revels in the unplanned moments between control and release, focusing on freedom and spontaneity rather than technical preci- sion or perfection. Vedfelt, a Copenhagen-based photographer, is interested in human expression, particularly in movement as a means of communication. He is recognised for a minimal and conceptual approach, with a practice that spans portraiture, editorial commissions and ongoing studies of the body in motion. klausvedfelt.com | @vedfelt
Image credits: Klaus Vedfelt, from Elevate. Art director: Josie Gealer. Stylist: Tine Berg. Make-up & hair: Julie Prødel. Image courtesy of the artist.
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