Elyse Mertz (she/her) is a NYC/NJ based photographer. Her work is intentional and reflective; documentary and experimental. It is empowered by real people and experiences through the confines of the body. 

 

Elyse is currently documenting for Works and Process at the Guggenheim, Center for Performance Research (CPR), Dancers Responding to AIDs / Broadway Cares, and countless other artists and companies. Her work has been featured in publications such as the New York Times, Dance Magazine, Playbill, The Washington Post, The Brooklyn Rail, Harper's BAZAAR, and The Boston Globe. In addition, her work “a haunting” has been featured at the Glasgow Gallery of Photography as part of the International Monochrome Exhibition. She has photographed at Lincoln Center, City Center, the Joyce, the Ailey Studios, BAM, and Rutgers University.

 

Elyse pulls inspiration from her training in dance and her experience as an educator. She received her BFA in Dance from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. Along with her photography work, Elyse is an ©ABT Certified teacher and an educator of movement to youth in NYC/NJ.