$50,000 gymnast photos

A British photographer who captures elite athletes at their moment of peak perfection has won the Grange Prize, the annual $50,000 award for photography given by Toronto’s Art Gallery of Ontario. …

CBC

Jo Longhurst first came to prominence with The Refusal, a body of work for which she spent a number of years photographing Whippets, British show dogs bred to ideal standards. This captivating examination of physical perfection led to her most recent series, Other Spaces, which explores the physical and emotional experiences of elite gymnasts. …

GRANGE prize

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Thanks Dale. But I think I might prefer the dog pics. 🙂

I hope Grace Chiu doesn’t see those photos.

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Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.

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