The photography of Trey Ratcliff

A photoblog with three million page views a month. Images in the Smithsonian Institution. Representation by Getty Images. A busy travel schedule with evenings and weekends free for awe inspiring images. Yet the man behind the other-worldy scenes is a modest, self-effacing photographer who simply gets a kick out of creating an outstanding image. He is Trey Ratcliff of Austin, Texas. His high dynamic range (HDR) images are the stuff of internet legend.

Paying keen attention to the compositional designs of a dancer’s body motion, Richard Calmes has the ability to freeze the graceful motion of dance into a still image that allows the viewer a chance to observe the body’s form in a new way.  One glance at Calmes photography of dancers gives a respect to the fluidity and command that a dancer has over their body movements after time and much practice.