Tag: art

  • Bert Stern : Original Madman

    Bert Stern : Original Madman

    Say the name Bert Stern to anyone and they will immediately think of the legendary set of photographs he took of Marilyn Monroe in her last sitting just before her death. Behind closed doors without anyone else present he captured her beauty raw and natural in stunning iconic images which still takes one’s breath away…

  • JOURNAL DE FRANCE

    If most of us rummaged through our partner’s storage room to check out what old photos and videos you could dust off, I dare say the novelty would wear thin very quickly.  However if you are the sound engineer Claudine Nougaret and your husband is the legendary veteran French cameraman Raymond Depardon then the years…

  • FOR YOU NAKED

    Lars Ivar Lerin is reputed to be Sweden’s finest water-color artist whose work is much sort after.  He is also a recovering alcoholic and drug addicted gay man who is desperate to find a life partner some days.  Other days he is not sure about this, and most other things too. This rather charming documentary…

  • Cutie And The Boxer

    Cutie And The Boxer

    Ushio Shinohara was a leading light in the avant garde art scene in post war Japan who in 1969 headed out to New York in 1969 to seek his (international) fame and fortune.  He quickly established himself in the burgeoning artist colony in Sotho for both his art and his limitless capacity to drink.  Three…

  • GREGORY CREWDSON : BRIEF ENCOUNTERS

    Brooklyn native ex-punk rocker turned photographer Gregory Crewdson is something of an enigma.  Over a period of some six years he produced a whole body of work called ‘Beneath The Roses’ which were large scale photographs of meticulously designed scenarios that he had set up as full-blown movie sets. In this fascinating documentary by filmmaker Ben Shapiro (‘Paul Goodman Changed…