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about
Our Story
“It was a feeling—a longing to hold onto fleeting moments and forgotten places.”
Dancing Light Gallery is a place for reflection, emotion, and connection. Every image here is the work of Yana Slutskaya—an award-winning artist and professional photographer whose lens has wandered through years of travel, memory, and introspection.
These black and white photographs are not curated for perfection.
They are authentically captured—real life as it is, without extra polishing.
Yana’s work is raw, nostalgic, and deeply personal. Each frame carries the weight of lived experience, echoing places and emotions that linger just beneath the surface. Her images speak to quiet moments: a forgotten place, a fleeting glance, a shadow cast at dusk.
This is an artist-owned online studio, rooted in North Carolina, USA. Every print is crafted with care using museum-quality materials and offered with provenance collectors can trust.
Dancing Light Gallery invites you to slow down, to feel, and to remember.
The “Little Black Dress”
of the Visual World
Black and white photography is often described as the “little black dress” of the visual world—elegant, enduring, and always in style. It strips away distraction and invites us to focus on what truly matters: emotion, composition, and story.
Monochrome work continues to thrive in the fine art world for its ability to transcend trends and speak to universal themes. Our Coastal, Urban, and Americana collections tap into cultural memory and regional identity, offering depth and emotional connection.
These series are fragments of time—honest, beautiful, and timeless. We invite you to explore them, feel them, and perhaps find a piece that speaks to your own story.
What We Offer
Special Edition Black and White Prints
Artist certified with provenance and archival integrity
Custom-framed in gallery-quality box frames
Ready to hang, collector-friendly presentation
Themes: Coastal solitude, urban stillness, poetic Americana
Who We Serve
Art collectors seeking timeless, museum-grade photography
• Interior designers curating emotional, monochrome spaces
• Cultural enthusiasts drawn to memory, legacy, and truth
• Gift buyers looking for meaningful, handcrafted wall art
About the Artist
Yana Slutskaya is an award-winning fine art photographer and professionally trained visual artist with a foundational background in painting. Her creative practice is shaped by classical study, emotional exploration, and a deep reverence for light, texture, and form.
Her black and white photography—featured exclusively at Dancing Light Gallery—offers a minimalist yet emotionally resonant experience.
Each print is crafted with archival pigment inks, framed by hand, and certified for authenticity and collector value.
Yana’s broader artistic vision includes a separate body of Baroque-inspired still life photography, showcased at yanaslutskaya.com. There, her painterly sensibilities come to life through rich compositions that echo the grandeur and symbolism of classical European art.
Together, these two galleries reflect the full spectrum of her work: From shadow to light, from grit to grace, from fleeting memory to eternal stillness.
