From collection Kosti Ruohomaa Collection
Square Dancing 22
In this image Ruohomaa comes in close to view an older man and a girl square dancing in a room that has been decorated with pictures and Japanese paper lanterns. Other dancers watch from the sidelines.
Here the man, presumably the instructor, promenades past the camera with his student. Ruohomaa focusses on how the participants' interplay reflects the process of learning.
In this improvised dance hall Kosti finds his preferred subject matter: the folkways of ordinary people at work and as here, at play.
