Andre Kertesz has always been one of my favourite photographers, and my own photography was greatly influenced by his sensibility and style of composition. Some time ago I made a gallery of his pictures, and now have made a video slide show of them:
Friday, December 11, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Serpentine Dance
filmed in 1896 by the Lumiere Brothers (Auguste Lumière (1862-1954) and Louis Lumière (1864-1948)
Inspired by dancer Loie Fuller's famed skirt dances, in which colored lights projected onto her billowing garments, this film (and others like it) was hand-tinted to achieve similar affects. Fuller's solo was mesmerizing, and her copycat film subjects no less so.
Inspired by dancer Loie Fuller's famed skirt dances, in which colored lights projected onto her billowing garments, this film (and others like it) was hand-tinted to achieve similar affects. Fuller's solo was mesmerizing, and her copycat film subjects no less so.
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