Submission "Portraits and Songs"

Thomas Dybdahl — “One Day You’ll Dance For Me, New York City”

I photographed my sister Jenny right as she rolled out of bed one slow morning a few years ago. As an actress in New York City, there's a lot of mental armor she has to put on in order to do her job. I wanted to capture her in the moments before she put it on, when it felt like there was still lightness, still hope.


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Thomas Dybdahl — “One Day You’ll Dance For Me, New York City”

I photographed my sister Jenny right as she rolled out of bed one slow morning a few years ago. As an actress in New York City, there’s a lot of mental armor she has to put on in order to do her job. I wanted to capture her in the moments before she put it on, when it felt like there was still lightness, still hope.