Ballet OOP Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo

but they never question the nature of the thing itself

october 1993

Joel-Peter Witkin has edited a new monograph which reveals "the ability of the photograph to show us our powerlessness in the face of madness

Ballet OOP Greta GarboEssays by George Balanchine and George Platt Lynes In 1934 when George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein formed their New York City Ballet, they invited George Platt Lynes to photograph and document the company's productions and principal dancers. Until his death twenty one years later George Platt Lynes enthusiastically compiled one of the most beautiful photographic documents of ballet in America. This volume captures the richly imaginative American