Artist Statement:
Every city is Babel
Man-made and encompassing humanity, the city exists simultaneously as celebration and symptom of mankind’s greatest work. The cityscape is a physical manifestation of the very human tension between what is and what ought to be, and also the moral tension between what merely appears to be and what is unspoken. This constant double tension infuses Shawn Danker’s photography, which both celebrate and rehabilitate the contemporary and the human in its most natural habitat, the city.
Shawn challenges himself to create and recreate this double vision in each new series he embarks upon, to help audiences become aware of the natural, the undiscussed, the undisputed, the implicit – and to ultimately reflect and question them.
Shall we dance?
In this ongoing collaborative project, the photographer visits performers across modern, classical, and urban dance genres in various cities to celebrate, question, and contest the contradictory nature of the global city in co-equal context and dialogue with dance.
These layered compositions are no mere celebration of the beauty of the body in motion, the cityscape no mere context-less backdrops, no mere showcase of a single dance form. They are, like Shawn’s double vision, a mesh of genres whose complexity and wit that enables audiences to discern and appreciate more than what is presented in mere photography.
Do write in to inquire if you are a dancer interested in collaborating on this series or if you're an art collector interested in purchasing prints.
Painting featuring Marie
Needle Pointe featuring Taylor
The Swan featuring Maria
Spiral featuring Adelene
Morning in Harajuku featuring Kelly
Split featuring Saho
Voyeur featuring Haruna
Jazz hands featuring Courtney
White Rose featuring Jessica
Hachimon by Day featuring Minami
Hachimon by night featuring Jessica
Wings featuring Jessica
Play featuring Wade
Crayon featuring Stacie and Tammy
Mirror featuring Salima, Nicole and Wei Sheng
Storm featuring Takao
Smooth featuring Hafeez
School featuring Melissa
Flight featuring Yuko
Platform featuring Haruna
Child's Play featuring Azusa
Traffic Flow featuring Louella
Hearts aflutter. Singapore edition featuring Sheriden and Sufri
Tire Swing featuring Azusa
Flying Fish featuring Stacie
Kitsune (adult version) featuring Azusa
Kitsune (family version) featuring Azusa
Shadow Wave featuring Hafeez
Waterfall One featuring Claire and Francesca
Waterfall Two featuring Pedja
Waterfall Three featuring Cara
Somersault featuring Andrew
Ray of Light featuring Kota and Arisa
Balloon featuring Catherine
Spider featuring Maria
Atlas featuring Arisa
Hall of Mirrors featuring Kota and Arisa
Joy featuring Maria
Singing in the Rain featuring Kiyo and Arisa
Hearts aflutter Australian Edition featuring Courtney and Alex
Triforce featuring Claire, Francesca and Louella
Uphill featuring Jessica
Dip featuring Kevin and Natalia
Ballroom featuring Sherie and Kian Keong
Higher Education featuring Catherine
Graffiti featuring Stepha
Platform 12 featuring Francesca
Spiral Two featuring Wei An
Fake Pole Dancing featuring Taylor
Swing featuring Montana and Mitchell
Let it go featuring Sophie
Diner featuring Kelly
Waking Dream featuring Xin Yi
Red featuring Maria
All that Jazz featuring Shizuka
Magic featuring Sarah
Rain featuring Natasha
Tie featuring Sid
Smooth Criminal featuring Sid
Hearts aflutter Japan Edition featuring Kanae and Arisa
Cartwell featuring Haruna
War featuring Maria
No Entry featuring Wei An
The Feminine Mystique ballet edition featuring Maria
The Feminine Mysterique Buyo edition featuring Miki
The Feminine Mystique Salsa edition featuring Yoshimi
The Feminine Mysterique Heels edition featuring Yuri
The Feminine Mysterique Vogue edition featuring Lewis and Mecca
Lines featuring Jessica
Thumbelinas Redux featuring Joy and Adele
Purple featuring Isobel
Float featuring Daniel "Sonic" Rojas
Wet Market featuring Adelene
X featuring Jamie and Kevin
Flow featuring Yuri
Speak Easy Part 1 Featuring Natalie
Speak Easy Part 2 featuring Natalie
Speak Easy Part 3 featuring Natalie
Under Pressure featuring Alley
Yomi one Featuring Kelly
Yomi two featuring Isobel
Spin featuring Josh
Beam featuring Yuri
Curves featuring Natalie
Looking Glass featuring Jordyn
Design featuring Jocelyn
Diorama featuring Adele and Daniel
Hood featuring Yuri
Shibuya One featuring Yuri
Shibuya Two featuring Alley
Sticker featuring Kelly
No strings featuring Kanae
Lobby featuring Kelly
Yoga featuring Kiyo and Azusa
Parking lot One featuring Natalie
Parking Lot two featuring Natalie
Buyō featuring Miki
Lean on me featuring Stephanie and Brittany
Zen featuring Josh
Ripples featuring Annalise
Rapture featuring Adele
Aka Featuring Azusa
Cross Roads featuring Jordyn
Cross Walk featuring Scott
Bridge featuring Adele
Cabin featuring Alley
Maze Featuring Daniel Sonic Rojas
Fan featuring Miki
The Shape of Water Featuring Daniel Sonic Rojas
Step up featuring Yusuke and Alley
Toy Story featuring Xin Yi
Moo featuring Jordyn
Street Lights featuring Alley
Lean featuring Yoshimi
Under the bridge featuring Daniel Sonic Rojas
Statues featuring Stephanie and Brittany
This is Singapore Ballet version featuring Ma Ni
This is Singapore featuring Daniel Sonic Rojas
This is Singapore featuring Sandhya
Window featuring Daniel Sonic Rojas
As the crow flies featuring Alley
The Secret featuring Kacey
Rent Control featuring Xin Yi
Gold featuring Yuri
Warp 5 featuring Kevin
Leap featuring Jocelyn
Alien featuring Rory
Impact featuring Simon
Waterfalls featuring Jessica
Drunkard featuring Asami
Uncaged featuring Melise
Tip Toe featuring Brittany
Kick featuring Asami
Perspective part 1 featuring Stephanie
Perspective part 2 featuring Caitlyn
Sangenjaya featuring Mai
Snake featuring Mana
Come featuring Kacey
Get out featuring Isobel
Stairline featuring Angeline
Police and Thief featuring Kamil
Bend featuring Simon
In the mood for love featuring Asami
Risk featuring Mecca
Left Curve featuring Scott
Right Curve featuring Yasu
Wrecking Ball featuring Yoshimi
Crystalise featuring Jessica
The old city featuing Ryosuke
Momentum featuring Yasu
Women's carriage featuring Mai
Sneakers featuring Ryoji
Delirium featuring Sae
Come on featuring Montana and Mitchell
Window featuring Jess
Stop featuring Scott
Rush hour featuring Mana
Midori featuring Asami
Orange featuring Ryosuke
B(allet) Boy featuring Simon
Staircase featuring Jess
Brick featuring Ryoji
Time lapse featuring Yoshimi
Clockface featuring Yasu
Down boy featuring Jess
En Vogue featuring Lewis
Nioh featuring Daiki
Ray Bans featuring Yoshimi
Flowerchild featuring Kacey
Cage featuring Kacey
Muy Caliente featuring Yoshimi
Rorschach featuring Kacey
Lunchtime featuring Yoshimi
Yankee featuring Jess
Trapisum featuring Yoshimi
Like Water featuring Elise
Freedom featuring Phoebe
Charlie's angles featuring: Marnie, Maggie and Maggie
You better knock featuring Hara
Hello featuring Christine
Doorway featuring Narumi
Shrink featuring Gian
Boxed featuring Emma
Point featuring Bonnie
Comfort featuring Adele and Daniel Sonic Rojas
Near Miss featuring Elise
Shopping featuring Amy
Arc featuring Kaeden and Maja
Oa featuring Jaymie
Pigeon featuring Phoebe
Artemis featuring Paris
Slide featuring Jaymie
Skate featuring Jaymie
The taste of Australia featuring Christine
Brave featuring Emma
Hiya featuring Angeline
Ascent to Olympus featuring Paris
Tivoli Boys V1: Featuring Takuro, Baus, Chung and Daniel
Tivoli Boys V2: Featuring Takuro, Baus, Chung and Daniel
Tivoli Boys V3: Featuring Takuro, Baus, Chung and Daniel
Tivoli Boys V4: Featuring Takuro, Baus, Chung and Daniel
Tivoli Girls v1: Featuring Fauntine, Nicole, Lucy and Narumi
Tivoli Girls v2: Featuring Fauntine, Nicole, Lucy and Narumi
Tivoli Girls v3: Featuring Fauntine, Nicole, Lucy and Narumi
Tivoli Girls v4: Featuring Fauntine, Nicole, Lucy and Narumi
Solace featuring Hara and Luke
Slant featuring Amy
Hosier featuring Kate
Rescue featuring Kaeden and Maja
Shallow featuring Bonnie and Daniel
Lines featuring Jocelyn
Bus stop featuring Christine
Heisei featuring Azusa
Soar featuring Gian
What is love featuring David and Jenn
Baby don't hurt me featuring David and Jenn
No more featuring David and Jenn
Knock on wood featuring Hara
Licks featuring Phoebe
Renaissance featuring Jaymie
Hecate featuring Luke and Hara
Power Station featuring Jocelyn
Palm featuring Haruna
Jump featuring Manami
舞 (Mai) featuring Miki
Peacock featuring Yuri
Lines featuring Azusa
Caged featuring Gian
Stand featuring Amy
Doorway featuring Narumi
Angel featuring Elise
Helix featuring Daniel Sonic Rojas
Love Junior and Robots featuring Syafiq Junior
Reach featuring Romaine
Chu featuring Yoshimi
Oblivious featuring Caitlyn
Foreshadowing featuring Daiki
Touch featuring Kate
Exit Stage Left featuring Xin Yi
