Michael Childers finds the human form surreal. For his latest series, entitled “Distortions,” the noted celebrity and fashion photographer spent three years following the Joffrey and Béjart ballet companies, photographing the dancers in motion using black-box backgrounds and a flexible Mylar mirror. He used similar techniques to photograph yoga practitioners in a variety of poses. The distorted images that he’s created pay homage to Henry Moore’s sculptural nudes and the photographs of Hungarian surrealist André Kertész. Stretched, twisted, and mirrored, the human figure yields a multiplicity of sensuous, fascinating new forms. At Michael H. Lord Gallery, 1090 N. Palm Canyon Dr., Palm Springs, Calif., (760) 699-8957. Prices range from $2,000 to $7,500.
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