Letter From the President Blog
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Letter From the President
President’s Desk: The Film Buff
Addressing how the media abandoned civility and truth in the case of AMPAS President and ASC member John Bailey.
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Letter From the President
President’s Desk: Bending Light
Light is a strange and powerful phenomenon — in what we do with it as cinematographers, and in reference to the very essentials of life and the intricacies of nature that inspire us as image makers.
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Letter From the President
President’s Desk: The Waving, Bobbing Camera
What the New Wave taught us — and what the bobbing camera reminds us — is that we should not be slaves to the medium.
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Letter From the President
President’s Desk: Inward Significance
“What would have happened to the art of painting if at one point in time someone had told Rembrandt how to better paint eyes by means of some new “technical” parameters?”
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Letter From the President
President’s Desk: Men in White Suits
Shades of Picasso: When we talk about color in our craft, Vittorio Storaro, ASC, AIC perhaps best characterizes its use and implications.
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Letter From the President
President’s Desk: Tuxedo Time
Kees van Oostrum, ASC offers his thoughts on the Academy Awards and the judging of cinematography.
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President’s Desk: 25 Bottles of Vodka!
Thoughts and memories upon the eve of the 25th edition of the Camerimage International Film Festival.
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Letter From the President
President’s Desk: Resolution Resolved!
“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”