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Her name is Ruth

April 26, 2014 by James Turner

I first met Ruth while accompanying my friend and mentor Cemal Ekin on a photo-shoot of a ballet dancer at a location in a nearby cemetery.  This was the third or fourth shoot in a series of images taken by us of a  dancer dressed in attaire representative of a specific Ballet.  In this case it was "Gizelle."   Gizelle is a story of  a local girl who met and fell in love with a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: All posts, Rhode Island Tagged With: Dance, Festival Ballet, Tattoos

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