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Visuals Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman [2008]

Visual Acoustics of Julius Shulman. Without any doubt, one of the best world’s architectural photographers. This award winning documentary is must see for both architects and photographers. It captures evolution of modern architecture chronicled in unforgettable and iconic shots. Some say these unique photographs of buildings from Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, Mies van der Rohe and Frank Gehry shaped, embodied and defined the the way we look at modernism. Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, directed by Eric Bricker, plus brings in depth interviews with architects, artists and others. There is also available a book by Tashen – Modernism Rediscovered.

Annie Leibovitz : Life Through a Lens [2008]

Directed by her sister Barbara, the film reveals the life and loss in life of Annie Leibovitz perceived through a lens. The world’s celebrity photographer talks about her childhood, the early days at Rolling Stone and transition to Vanity Fair Magazine, and later her most significant personal relationships including motherhood. Full of interviews with famous people and colleagues show her photographic life, her aspirations to artistry, passion and unforgettable iconic photos.

Bill Cunningham New York [2010]

Documentary, which still needs to get from festival screenings on to DVD, but already won Documentaries Awards in Sydney and Nantucket Film Festivals 2010. Bill Cunningham, the 80 year old New York Times photographer, is obsessively interested in photographing the way people dress. As Anna Wintour says: “We all get dressed for Bill!” On one side, New York high-fashion community full of self-importance with its ego-inflated icons, on the other side, Bill indifferent about celebrities, uninterested in personal fame or money. Polar opposites meets in one place – avenues of New York City. For forty years, he has been riding around on his bicycle, documenting fashion trends on the street by day and New York’s social scene at night for his two weekly columns in the Sunday Times.

Richard Avedon: Darkness & Light [1996]

Richard Avedon is one of the most influential and innovative characters in the fashion photography of 20th century and this is one of the best documentaries ever made. He is a great storyteller describing his life, his inspirations, methods, creative process and endless photographic inventiveness. It is full of interesting and joyfull stories of people, who worked with him. At the end you`ll understand that his personal charm is reflected in every picture he made.

Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye [2003]

72 minutes biography and insight into a life and artistic process of a man, considered to be the grandfather of photojournalism and by many considered as the greatest photographer of the the 20th Century. Heinz Bütler interviews Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) and few others share their observations. Henri`s objective in photography was simple: “Seize the moment.” He comments briefly his photographs, talks about his travels, imprisonment during World War II, being with Gandhi moments before his assassination, about becoming and being a photographer, and about composition.

Smash His Camera [2009]

Photographer Ron Galella, or notorious paparazzo, specialized in shots of stars with their guards and he was wildly successful in the 1960s and ’70s. But not among the wealthy and famous. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis sued him, Marlon Brando broke his jaw and Steve McQueen gave him a look that would have killed, if looks could kill. Filmmaker Leon Gast shows the public and private sides of Ron, in which he talks about his career, freedom of the press, his attitude about celebrity culture, and his run-ins with some of his subjects. His work has been shown in galleries around the world and he’s widely regarded as the most gifted artist in his chosen field.

The Adventure of Photography [2003]

Explores in ten-part series and in four-hour retrospective the history and power of photography since 19th century. Development of various schools are explained through more than 1,700 images with 300 celebrated artists, such as Richard Avedon, Ansel Adams, Brassai, Robert Doisneau, Max Ernst, Eadweard Muybridge, Helmut Newton, Man Ray, Edward J. Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Andy Warhol, Irving Penn, Robert Capa, etc.
Discs include: The Precursors, The Surrealists, War Photography, Portraitists, The Photoreporters, Fashion Photography, Nudes, Photography and Science, Amateur Photography, and The Photographic Market.

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