In this evocative black-and-white photograph, my signature blurred effect was used to accentuate swift movement, as if the dancers were spirits gliding across a shadowed stage. Shot in black and white, The Oaxaca Dance Series was taken during the Day of the Dead celebration in Oaxaca, Mexico 2019. This cultural tradition of ancestral worship celebrates death not as an ending, but as the beginning of a journey to lasting peace. Oaxaca Dance-4 aims to convey the fleeting moments we so often overlook, and encourage us to take joy in the present.