Jacob’s Pillow & Vail Dance Festival 2025
Every summer, by the time my family and I are getting ready to leave Jacob’s Pillow and head to Vail Dance Festival, I’m fully in a creative groove. That was as true as ever this year.
Getting Ready for Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 2023
Our family spends much of June through August in Berkshire County, MA, at the magical place that is Jacob’s Pillow. My wife Nel Shelby is the Pillow’s Director of Media, and I’m the Festival Photographer, making photos of Festival events, performances, and creative portraits whenever possible.
Jacob’s Pillow Dance 2017 | Creative Dance Portraits with Students of The School
Over the last several weeks I’ve been spending a lot of time outdoors with the dancers in the contemporary and ballet programs. The School attracts top students from around the world – the contemporary program alone has dancers representing nine different countries!
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 2016 | Creative Portraits
It’s been a busy summer, but I still was able to find time to make some creative portraits with some of the artists at Jacob’s Pillow.
Jacob’s Pillow Dance 2016 | Creative Portraits with Contemporary Dancers
For the first time ever, I’ve done collaborative shoots with the Jacob’s Pillow Dance photography intern. We just did back-to-back photo shoots with the contemporary dancers of The School.