Jordan Matter created the "Dancers Among Us" photography theme of using ballet dancers in different everyday settings. In taking pictures of these dancers, Matter had to organize the precise timing that the dancer would be at the position he desired to capture. Thinking of this... it seems pretty hard to as my friends and I have sometimes tried to take jumping in the air pictures. But to capture such a graceful moment of ballet within everyday settings is beyond the time based aspect of it. In simple terms, Matter utilized his series of photos to express the beauty in our daily lives that is most of the time overlooked. To express the beauty and happiness in life, Matter used these ballet dancers in graceful and sometimes humorous positions to get his message across to viewers. I found the dancer in the shower doing the pose in mid-air to be a bit humorous as he was.. completely naked (haha)..
I think the utmost importance that I took from Matter's piece of artwork was the obvious reason of my fondness for his approach in getting his message across. It was such an unique and individualized way to exhibit the meaning of life he so clearly cherishes. However, there is an outlook on media that seriously needs to be addressed. Matter's photos were viral on different sites with zero credit to him or his artwork. I do not even think these websites labeled the title of the series of pictures. So even if people were amazed by his artwork, there was no source that could bring the viewer to Matter's official page. Matter's is a photographer/artist that wants his artwork to be made public and hopefully touch people's hearts with the meaning he wanted to convey. After further aggravation with these websites and numerous fans calling them out, the websites finally gave credit to Matter for his beautiful series of photos.
This is something to take into consideration when perceiving the social media/internet side of displaying artwork. It can be a monumental success for some artists as Matters said it was for him, but then again it can also deteriorate the value put on the piece because it has no brilliant individual standing behind it. I believe that crediting artwork can make a viewer more intrigued by it because if its titling the piece and giving credit to the artist then it must really be something extraordinary to look at. With this being said, the art world is being extremely opened to the internet and social media, but it is important to recognize it can really devalue art pieces if there is no source of the beautiful work done.
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