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Considered by many to be one of the foremost dance photographers of the late twentieth century, Kenneth Duncan, Jr. was born on September 22, in New Jersey. Duncan came by both photography and dancing in an indirect way. His initial interest in movement came about through his study of ballet which he undertook in order to perfect his form as a roller-skating champion. Duncan achieved the highest honors in the sport, but eventually he abandoned skating for a career as a dancer, which gained him much recognition. Sometime in the s, however, he injured his leg badly enough that he had to abandon his career as a dancer. He became an assistant to a fashion photographer and learned how to use a camera, eventually taking over the studio in the late s, moving into dance photography.

Duncan sought to capture the sense of movement in his photography while revealing, according to one critic, an "outer beauty and inner essence" of his subjects with a technique that garnered him international acclaim. While he photographed a wide range of performers and personalities including, among others, Maxwell Caulfield, Dick Cavett, Eartha Kitt, Angela Lansbury, Marcel Marceau and Bette Midler, it was through his work in photographing dancers and d

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