Just in time for fall / winter!
40 MOVIES ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY EVERY PHOTOGRAPHER SHOULD WATCH – from Resource Magazine.
Viva la Revolution- Stephen
Vermeer as Photographer
Click on the play button to listen to an engaging discussion/ review of the movie Tim’s Vermeer with author Eve O. Schaub and Stephen Schaub. This is a great movie and one I recommend for everyone, a must watch!
Movie Trailer:
Additional Information: Prof Philip Steadman (UCLS) on the film ‘Tim’s Vermeer’
Now go rent the movie!!!
Viva la Revolution- Stephen
The Art of the Steal
With the advent of new developments in the story I’ve been thinking a lot about Vivian Maier and her work. Yes, it does boil down to money when you die, but the Maier example is actually small potatoes. If you have not seen the movie “The Art of the Steal” then go watch it now.
It deals with the subject of the infamous Barnes Collection, at $25 billion perhaps the most valuable in the world. With no heirs, questionable trustees, and a city hell-bent on increasing it’s art collection … the story of the stealing of the Barnes Collection contains enough intrigue and outrage to make any artist- and collector- rethink what it means to “own” artwork.
Trailer:
you can also watch the movie on youtube….
I was fortunate to visit the Barnes Foundation before it was stolen and moved to it’s current location in Philadelphia… I have not been back since. I find it too upsetting.
The lesson here? Make babies so at least you have an heir!
Viva la Revolution- Stephen
Vivian Maier’s Work in Question
Yep!
Copyright!
It’s an area that most artists don’t understand and is almost as confusing as knowing your rights as a photographer.
Very good article from the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/06/arts/design/a-legal-battle-over-vivian-maiers-work.html?_r=0
“Under federal copyright law, owning a photograph’s negative or a print is distinct from owning the copyright itself. The copyright owner controls whether images can be reproduced and sold.” – From the New York Times, Sept 5, 2014
Another interesting article on the financial reality of being an artist today:
http://hyperallergic.com/50226/new-data-reveals-artists-arent-gettin-paid/
Viva la Revolution- Stephen
Ferrania Film Survey
Take 5 minutes and do this survey now! I have contacted Ferrania and hope to be involved with this project in some way… I have lots of info and thoughts to share. If anyone knows people at Ferrania please send them my way.
http://www.filmferrania.it/survey/
Also, check out this great movie on film production at Ferrania.
Viva la Revolution- Stephen
Side by Side The Movie
A must watch! Click on the audio play button to listen to a review and thoughts by yours truly and guest contributor Author Eve O. Schaub.
Stephen Schaub at Peter Marcelle Project
My current show in Southampton, New York…. check it out!
Viva la Revolution- Stephen
Keeping Film Alive – Martin Scorese
“Everything we do in HD is an effort to recreate the look of film. Film, even now, offers a richer visual palette than HD. And, we have to remember that film is still the best and only time-proven way to preserve movies. We have no assurance that digital informaton will last, but we know that film will, if properly stored and cared for.”
-Martin Scorsese
– See more at: http://www.studiodaily.com/2014/08/martin-scorsese-supports-kodaks-continued-production-of-film-stock/#sthash.BjtV3Z65.dpuf
Color Negative film for B&W Hybrid Workflow
Click on the audio play button to hear my thoughts.
Viva la Revolution- Stephen
Schaub 2014
Keeping Film Alive at Kodak
A friend just sent me this article from the WSJ :
OK… film sales in motion picture shooting were going down the toilet fast… really fast! BUT at long last someone at KODAK did what I have been telling them to do for years… reach out directly to the people using film in Hollywood and get them to drum up support for the continued use of film in movie making.
“Digital projection is just television in cinema.” – Quentin Tarantino
Making film more visible day-to-day and in it’s use in movies we love (Star Wars, Batman etc…) will draw attention to the fact that it is NOT dead… quite the opposite actually: the best directors in Hollywood use it everyday!
So what’s Phase Two? HEY KODAK…how about T-Shirts?
Filmmakers Such As….
Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Nolan, Judd Apatow, and J.J. Abrams shoot on FILM
Maybe YOU should to!
Okay, next: lets take this idea one step further and do the same thing with still shooters. There are so many great shooters using film and almost no one knows about it. And the fact is, we’re all in the same boat- if movie film goes down, so does still film.
Pardon me- I have to write a letter.
Dear KODAK CEO Jeff Clarke…. you’ve taken a great first step, but you can go much further. You need to be shouting these facts from the top of the Kodak building. People love to emulate their heroes! People need to hear these facts and realize that FILM IS A VIABLE OPTION!
Luckily,I have some free time this month to meet with you to go over this idea and several others I have shared with KODAK before your time that would be equally HUGE and remind people that KODAK’s film is still made and still great!
Call me, we’ll do lunch.
Viva la Revolution- Stephen
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