Crazy Horse Paris

Photographer

Daria Troitskaia

Category

Film Photography - Documentary / Photojournalism

Company

Submission Group

Professional

Year

2026

Country / Region:

Italy

Photographed on black-and-white film between 2024 and 2025, this series looks behind the scenes of the legendary cabaret Crazy Horse in Paris. The focus shifts from the spectacle on stage to the quiet moments of preparation — gestures, rituals, and transformations that reveal the fragile humanity behind precision and illusion. Shot entirely on analog film with a Leica M7, the project balances documentary observation and fine art sensibility. It explores the interplay between light and shadow, performance and reality, discipline and vulnerability — the unseen poetry that exists before the curtain rises.