Briana Blasko
American photographer
Briana Blasko is an American portrait photographer and artist. She has photographed celebrated dancers in the U.S. and India. Venturing extensively to reveal and evidence the treasures of her subjects, India has captivated her focus since 2003 and inspired the publication of two books: Dance of the Weave, Penguin Books India (2013), and Within Without: The Path of the Yogi, HarperCollins India (2017).
Early life and education
Born and raised in San Francisco, she has a BFA in photography from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She began her career as an intern for photographer Annie Leibovitz, where she worked for three years as a research and production assistant on Women, Leibovitz's book with Susan Sontag. She continued as a producer for the book, Talking Fashion, by Sarajane Hoare and produced advertisements for Conde Nast Magazines and other clients including J Crew, Calvin Klein and Apple.
Career
Based in New York at the beginning of her career, she spent twelve years photographing contemporary dance as a freelance dance photographer for the New York Times and Dance Magazine. Dance and dance-like movements along with fabrics and weaving were among her chosen photographic subjects early on. She documented many celebrated dancers in the U.S. such as Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Elizabeth Streb, Larry Keigwin, and Shen Wei. In 2003 she travelled to India to study Ashtanga Yoga, with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois.
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