INCONGRUOUS ELEMENTS

Incongruous elements
work on paper
Dean Monogenis
New York

Wall of Death

Derived directly from US in the early 1900s. 

The very first carnival motordrome appeared at Coney Island amusement park (New York) in 1911. (With motorcycle madmen pushing the limits of speed and safety atop tricked out Indian, BSA, and Harley Davidson motorcycles. There was even one stunt that had a lion in a special sidecar attached to a souped up racecar).

This carnival attraction became a staple in the US outdoor entertainment industry with the phenomenon reaching its zenith in the 1930s with more than 100 motordromes on traveling shows and in amusement parks.

For as long as there have been motorcycles there have been men and women who have dared to push the envelope of safety, physics, and common sense…..enter the motorcycle daredevil. 

Why Mr Egbert has a lion that loves a drive on the Wall of Death is a mystery

Wall of Death, USA 1920

Hazel, Wall of Death 1927

Early 20

The Ballerina Project

The Ballerina Project grew from the idea of New York City as a magnet for creativity; each photograph is a collaborative work of dance, fashion, design and photography played out against the city's landscape.

Like a dream becoming reality the Ballerina Project is a series of photographs created by photographer: Dane Shitagi. 


Every aspect of the Ballerina Project is carefully crafted and cultivated. The project has  been photographed entirely on traditional photographic film and not with modern digital cameras. The majority of ballerinas who have posed for the project are professional dancers and the minority are advanced ballet students in renown dance schools. The crafts of dance and photography are truly upheld on both ends of the creation of the Ballerina Project.

Alex - Queens

 Emily - Greenpoint

 Andrea - 66th & Broadway

 Kate - Chinatown

 Kate - Prince Street

 Mara - Upper East Side & the East River

 Rachel - Boston

Zarina - Inwood Hill Park

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ballerinaproject