Movie Reviews: Chasing Ice, More Than the Rainbow
Two recent documentaries we’ve watched focus on two very different photographers. The first is Chasing Ice, which follows James Balog and tells the story of the Extreme Ice Survey which he’s been doing for many years and follows the travails of Balog as he works to tip public opinion on climate change so that people [...]
Review: My Kid Could Paint That (documentary)
Having seen Amir Bar-Lev’s other work including The Pat Tillman Story, I was compelled to finally check out My Kid Could Paint That. The title of the documentary was interesting to me, even when all I knew about it was something about Marla Olmstead being a kid who paints similarly to Jackson Pollack. But the [...]
Review: Herb & Dorothy – A Film by Megumi Sasaki
If you don’t know who the Vogels are (and even if you do) you should definitely check out the award-winning documentary Herb & Dorothy, directed by first-time filmmaker Megumi Sasaki. The film tells the story of a charming couple, postal clerk (Herbert Vogel) and librarian (Dorothy Vogel), who built a contemporary art collection with very little. [...]
Documentary review: architectural photographer Julius Shulman
Case Study House #22 is perhaps the most iconic and famous of Julius Shulman’s photographs and it is one of the many subjects in the documentary Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman. The film is quite educational and many iconic buildings that Shulman photographed are described with details on his creative process as well [...]
Surrogate Valentine – Movie Promo Shoot
Recently, I did photographs of Goh Nakamura – local music hero and star of Surrogate Valentine, a new feature film by Dave Boyle. I also have the honor of calling Goh my friend. This past weekend the film made it’s world premiere at SXSW – It’s been getting a lot of great buzzzz. I look [...]
Movie Review: Art & Copy (psst, just watch it!)
As photographers we are often in the same boat as the creatives who work in advertising – with similar clients, similar goals, and we’re often working together on projects. Having come from an agency background, watching Art & Copy: Inside Advertising’s Creative Revolution was a joy. Kevin here at the studio recommended it and the [...]