Bernaded Dexters

1988

Video
Materials: video, colour, sound

Collection: Courtesy Bernaded Dexters.

In her concert photography Dexters manages to capture the tension of the performance in a single shot.  Musicians are portrayed on the cutting edge. Action becomes expression.
What makes her pictures so fascinating is the direct representation of the power that lies hidden in the strong personalities on stage.
Dexters’ alchemy renders music visible: sound becomes image and she does this so intensely that the image appears to bring forth the sounds that are caught inside. A perfect interaction that shows  the mutual trust between the camera lens and the band, translated onto photo paper. Or, as the groups describe it themselves “Bernaded makes music with a camera!”

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