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“There Are Not Many Rules in Art, but Being Honest Is One of Them”: In Conversation with Photographer Sarah Fuchs

Photograph by Sarah Fuchs   In the photography of Sarah Fuchs, light and shadow have a poetic function. Sarah has the ability to bring a subject to light, while leaving room in the shadows for seductive curiosity and imagination. Spare … Read More →

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“I Like My Use of Colour in It”: Nicholas Ray on the Costumes of Johnny Guitar

There is a sequence in Nicholas Ray’s Johnny Guitar where the lawmen all wear black. Joan Crawford appears in white. It is a crisp and striking visual moment, all the more so since it is a Western noir in color. Read More →

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Back to the Future: The New Visual Inspiration

  I have always liked large scale magazine pages: the impact of that visual storytelling is unequalled. But just as the screens have gotten smaller and smaller and films can now be watched on one’s phone instead of the big … Read More →

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September Newsletter: Opening Night, Bemelmans and Acoustic Ashcroft

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Read Instead…in Print

    “The immediate subject will consistently be the visible image.”     Read instead…in print No.34   Shiguéhiko Hasumi’s book, Directed by Yasujirō Ozu, has finally been translated into English. Why does a book about film matter? I believe … Read More →

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