Shall We Dance — Photographs by Brian Lanker

June 25 -December 15, 2009

From the controlled beauty of classical ballet to the vivacity of salsa, dance can be found in nearly every culture on Earth.

Shall We Dance is the result of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Brian Lanker's year of travel across the United States documenting the huge variety of styles (from tap to tango salsa to swing) and dancers he encountered.

The MNCH is pleased to offer the public the opportunity to purchase signed and framed Brian Lanker photographs from our recent exhibition of selections from Lanker's 2008 book, "Shall We Dance?"  Proceeds from the sales of the photos will benefit the museum's education and exhibition programs.  Lanker was a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist who worked for the Register-Guard, Life magazine, National Geographic and Sports Illustrated.   He died at the age of 63 from pancreatic cancer in March 2011. 

Image dimensions: 20 in wide x 13 inches high. Frame dimensions: 30 inches wide x 24 inches high. Framed with a 3 inch acid free white mat, black laminated 1.5 inch frame and museum quality glass. All images ©Brian Lanker Archives.

  Price: $950 each.

 To purchase one of the photos below, please contact:  Ashley Robinson at (541) 346-5331 or abergma1@uoregon.edu.

Available photos:

 1) Lynorris Evans

2) Moses Pendleton

3) Yasmin Marinaro and Coco Arregui

4) Noriko Takahashi

5) Ian Nugent and Irene Motyl

6) Lacey Persell and Tanne Dawson

7) Willy "Po Monkey" Seaberry

8) Aly Hull and Zachary Hill

9) Ruple Ross and Joel Arellano

10) The Rockettes

11) T. Dudley and Laurie Soechting

12) Emma Gorelik and Mehdi Ghadimi

13) Thomas "Tommy the Clown" Johnson

14) Laurel Keen

15) Ben Rich and Akemi Kinukawa

16) Diane Kowalski and Wes

17) Patricia West Sotelo and Ramon Ramos Alayo

18) Joint Forces Wheel Chair Dance

19) Jason van Winkle and Candy Kuhl

20) Irene and Aracell Guzman & Claudia and Fernando Pelayo

21) Erotic Dancer

22) Stella Boes