INSPADES MAGAZINE DUE | Page 77

Ira has many plans for the future including new projects, people, ideas, exhibitions and of course, travel. While there are many countries on her docket, the one that excites her the most is Spain, and we can be sure that Ira’s time there will be spent creating her heartstopping photographs with a spectacular Spanish twist. Ira remarks, “The passion and grace of flamenco dancing fascinate me. It is a completely different side of the art of dance compared to classical. I’m sure it would be very refreshing to work with flamenco dancers as it would be uncharted territory for me. I not only wish to test my skills in an unknown arena, but also to feel the full strength of this marvellous and passionate world of dance.” Ira’s innate understanding of her subjects is breathtakingly apparent. Her intuitive knowing of where each movement peaks allows her to capture each motion at its pinnacle moment, forever freezing it in a frame of fluid, unadulterated beauty. Her skill as a photographer is but a reaction to her insight - her subject dances, a crescendo in motion, waiting for Ira’s climatic click of her camera, composing an entire opera within a single image. 77 inspadesmag.com