Marc Santos

Marc Santos is a photographer whose work tests conventional ideas of clarity and focus. He creates blurred images that evoke a sense of motion, emotion, and mystery. His photographs capture an expanded reality with more than one moment in time.

Marc's approach is one of organic improvisation within the structures of emotion, identity, and time. By keeping the figures anonymous, Marc invites the viewer to imagine what it might feel like to perform the movement themselves. His work reflects reality since the lines from motion were completely created and recorded in the moment. The motion and the bodies of the dancers have not been altered.

Dancers often expressed to him that during performances they imagined lines and shapes hanging in the air, and they hoped the audience would be able to see them as well. Attempting to hold these shapes within a static frame gives his work it’s recognizable grace and form.

b.1974 New York, USA. Marc received his first camera at age seven from his father, who was also a photographer. Marc also trained as a jazz musician and performed on saxophone for many years. His additional experience as a stagehand allowed Marc to meet and work with dancers across all disciplines. Aspects of these th...

September 26th - November 3rd 2024
Bodies In Motion exhibiting artist
Culture Lab LIC

November 2023
Art Bath NYC
Featured Visual Artist for the thirteenth Art Bath
https://www.artbathnyc.com/

March 1-July 1, 2021
SPECTRUM - A virtual exhibition featuring work on expanding definitions of womanhood.
Curated by Sara Macel and Eileen MacAvery Kane.

September 2019
The Abstract Image - Praxis Photo Arts Center - Minneapolis, MN - Group exhibition. Photographic works that explore the world through an abstracted lens; utilizing elements of color, light, shadow, texture, shape and line to express meaning outside of traditional representational and documentary styles of photography.
https://www.praxisphotocenter.org/photography-events

July 2019
Pop-Up Exhibition 2 - Glasgow Gallery of Photography - Glasgow, Scotland, UK - Group Exhibition.

October 2018
Spirit - Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center - Salt Lake City, UT
Solo exhibition accompanying Repertory Dance Theatre.

May 27-July 20, 2018
The Spirit of Dance - Salt Lake City, UT - Solo exhibition exploring emotions within dance movement.