This series showcases films shot by female cinematographers around the world, offering the opportunity to focus our gaze on their artistic visions, and perhaps to ponder whether there is a "female gaze." For cinematographer Kirsten Johnson, "a woman who has the agency a camera brings is still a sight to behold. . . . Sometimes I am gazing, sometimes I am moving, sometimes I am swooning with discovery, always I am searching. This is my ever-evolving female gaze." Yet when she titled her autobiographical essay film, she replaced the ubiquitous "cameraman" not with "camerawoman," but with Cameraperson. Likewise, Natasha Braier observes that cinematography is "a way of participating in society, choosing responsibly the kind of stories I want to tell and from where I position my point of view to tell them. . . . I believe in the individual gaze. Each person is a unique collection of life experiences." And for Agnès Godard, "Cinematography is such a beautiful word, so simple, so clear, so full. The sound of it evokes right away what it is about: a language, a common language of cinema spoken and shared by human beings, both men and women. I would rather concentrate on seeking how to fulfill this magical word. I would rather consider the wide range of cinematography's variations and nuances as the richness of a human being's sensitivity, subjectivity, not necessarily split into two worlds: man and woman. Why should it be two different languages? Cinema is one world." Come and contemplate the views.
Watch this space for announcements about additional screenings in the fall season.
Kathy Geritz, Film Curator
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Watch this space for announcements about additional screenings in the fall season.
Kathy Geritz, Film Curator
This series showcases films shot by female cinematographers around the world, offering the opportunity to focus our gaze on their artistic visions, and perhaps to ponder whether there is a "female gaze." For cinematographer Kirsten Johnson, "a woman who has the agency a camera brings is still a sight to behold. . . . Sometimes I am gazing, sometimes I am moving, sometimes I am swooning with discovery, always I am searching. This is my ever-evolving female gaze." Yet when she titled her autobiographical essay film, she replaced the ubiquitous "cameraman" not with "camerawoman," but with Cameraperson. Likewise, Natasha Braier observes that cinematography is "a way of participating in society, choosing responsibly the kind of stories I want to tell and from where I position my point of view to tell them. . . . I believe in the individual gaze. Each person is a unique collection of life experiences." And for Agnès Godard, "Cinematography is such a beautiful word, so simple, so clear, so full. The sound of it evokes right away what it is about: a language, a common language of cinema spoken and shared by human beings, both men and women. I would rather concentrate on seeking how to fulfill this magical word. I would rather consider the wide range of cinematography's variations and nuances as the richness of a human being's sensitivity, subjectivity, not necessarily split into two worlds: man and woman. Why should it be two different languages? Cinema is one world." Come and contemplate the views.
Watch this space for announcements about additional screenings in the fall season.
Kathy Geritz, Film Curator
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Watch this space for announcements about additional screenings in the fall season.
Kathy Geritz, Film Curator
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