To The Wonder

I am already inspired by this film, and I’ve only seen the trailer!

Inspiration - Flavorwire 135 Shots That Will Restore Your Faith in Cinema

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Expansive V&A Exhibit Looks at Costumes in the Movies

I hope to make it to the V&A museum this autumn to do some sketches from this exhibition.

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France comics artist Jean Giraud – Moebius – dies at 73

He drew for more than 50 years, under various names, but was most widely known as Moebius.

He was popular in the US and Japan, working with legend Stan Lee and manga artists, as well as in his homeland

He also worked on design concepts and storyboards for a number of top science fiction films, including Alien, [...]

Cinemetrics

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Cinemagraphs – art or gimmick?

I’ve been thinking about the emergance of cinemagraphs, at this early stage I think there could be something there. I just hope it doesn’t end up like the ‘make everything miniature’ craze which will surely be an upcoming photoshop filter ‘Miniaturize’.

My fave cinemagraph is the girl in the mirror, by Jamie Beck and Kevin [...]

Photographer - Lise Sarfati

The photographs of Lise Sarfati’s series ‘The New Life’ are not based on film, but on Dante’s ‘La Vita Nova’. To me, the narrative feel of this work suggests a cinematic timeline, and in her interview Ms. Sarfati remarks (English translation from French) “The series is made as a moment that sits between two concepts. [...]

Robert Longo: Shadows and Forests

UNTITLED (ET IN ARCADIA EGO)

UNTITLED (IN THE GARDEN, ET IN ARCADIA EGO)

Like Beric Henderson, Robert Longo also finds inspiration in shadows and forests.
These works are currently on display in the Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain. Nice, France until December 20, 2009. I was lucky enough to attend the opening of this retrospective [...]

Shadows, cinema and the art of noir.

Hitchcock’s ‘Shadow of Doubt’

Why do shadows recur so often in my writing, photos and paintings? Not wanting to delve too far into my own psyche, I can only say that I was undoubtedly impressed as a child by film noir (especially Bogart films such as The Maltese Falcon, Key Largo) and Hitchcock films, and [...]

Five Films that influenced Gregory Crewdson

Brief Encounter by Gregory Crewdson

From Five in Focus interview with Gregory Crewdson, here are the five films that influenced him as a photographer.
1. Vertigo
2. Night of the Hunter
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
4. Blue Velvet
5. Safe
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