ARTIST STATEMENT

Sylvia Horwitz, photographic artist and lover of dance, has been making pictures for more than three decades. She has lived and worked in the Middle East and Argentina as well as in the United States. Her work includes responses to historic landscapes, political issues and cultural themes. Seeking relief from the intensity of her time in the Middle East, Sylvia arrived in Buenos Aires in 2003 to study and learn more about Argentine tango. Most of the images in this collection were the result of personal visits to intimate tango dance halls using the Buenos Aires subway system to traverse the city. In both subways and dance venues she could only use the camera with total discretion. On the dance floor she met many people from France and learned how Argentine tango had been energized and spread by the enthusiasm of French dancers. This awareness would have delighted her French-Canadian mother.