From collection Kosti Ruohomaa Collection
Square Dancing 35
In this image couples promenade in a counter-clockwise circle around the floor of a dance hall.
Ruohomaa shoots from a slightly elevated angle to take in the dynamics and pattern of the dance.
As one couple moves towards the camera and the other to the right, the encircling arm of the man in the right-hand couple visually emphasizes the movement of the dance.
In this improvised dance hall Kosti finds his preferred subject matter: the folkways of ordinary people at work and, as here, at play.
