Nudes nominee

I have been a performer for almost 25 years. A career as a classically trained dancer has given me an incredible focus on the human body, expression, detail, movement and spatial awareness.
However, having been subjected to observation, criticism, appreciation, judgement, celebration, dislike has left me with an overwhelming sense of isolation and solitude.
This is what I explore and capture in my photography-the solitary lives of human beings, the feeling of aloneness, the unquantifiable dynamic between bodies, enclosed in space, but very much separated by existence.

Aleksandar Antonijevic (b. 1969) is a Canadian fine art photographer, as well as an internationally acclaimed Principal Dancer with the National Ballet of Canada.
The artist extended his love of dancing from the stage to the camera, implementing the same principles of form and space into his passion behind the lens. Aleksandar Antonijevic deals primarily with the form of the human body. In his photography, the artist captures that unquantifiable dynamic between two beings, to reveal the inner conversation and to explore their meaning and impact on the viewer.
The artist was influenced by the form of ancient Greek monumental sculptures, the work of August Rodin and his ability to model the complexity and the elegance of the human figure; and the highly stylized and provocative contemporary photography of Robert Mapplethorpe.
Describing Aleksandar Antonijevic's body of work, Peter Clothier, art critic for Art News, wrote: "His images reveal to us, at first sight, the breathtaking beauty of the human form in its perfection; and the dramatic beauty of its ability to reach the absolute limits of its potential. He invites us into the most intimate places of the human anatomy and makes them a matter of pure line and contour."