August 2019
FeaturePresident’s Desk: Radical Optimism
What’s to come of our role as cinematographers? Will it diminish, or be robotized and made subservient to some master?...more
Kees van Oostrum, ASC
July 2019
FeaturePresident’s Desk: Never Regret Thy Fall
As cinematographers, we adapt. The goal is to satisfy our hunger to seize new ground, to make powerful imagery, and to work without a map — or a net....more
June 2019
FeaturePresident’s Desk: The Strad and the Classic Lens
Vintage lenses: These uncoated relics and lenses-turned-paperweights are now back in the swing of things, receiving serious consideration on projects of all scales. ...more
June 2019
FeaturePresident’s Desk: An Artist, a Murderer and a Cinematographer
It can be said that Eadward Muybridge’s first experiment with instantaneous photography was the point at which cinematography was born....more
April 2019
FeaturePresident’s Desk: A Film By… Part 2
“Frankly, I am not aware of cinematographers trying to pry credit from directors, but it does occur that directors pry credits from cinematographers, including with the ‘film by’ credit.”...more
March 2019
FeaturePresident’s Desk: A Film By... Part 1
“A few years ago, I got a phone call from a director with whom I had collaborated on an independent feature...”...more
February 2019
FeaturePresident’s Desk: Plato’s Cave
“The phenomena of light and dark long ago inspired Plato, as he expressed in his allegory of the cave...”...more
January 2019
FeaturePresident’s Desk: Camerimage and the Renaissance
What will become of this essential event? “The thought of moving forward without the festival and losing all that it represents hurts deeply.”...more
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