Kodachrome Christmas

Chow Editorial came up with the idea to shoot the "Last Kodachrome Christmas," as well as shooting it digitally.  See the full gallery of shots here at the link above, with more info here:

First, major respect to anyone who has shot food spreads on film in the last 50 years. Shooting our Last Kodachrome Christmas was an unexpected challenge. Our photographer, Chris Rochelle, came up with the concept. He bought the film on eBay; it was at least a year old and we didn't know if it would even work. So we shot in digital as well, just in case. Here are some of our outtakes, notes about what was going on behind the scenes, and a comparison between the digital and Kodachrome versions.

Vik Muniz: Waste Land

I've always loved Vik Muniz's work, and the fact that he uses the proceeds from his projects to help the people involved in the production of the work just makes it that much richer.  Waste Land is a documentary of his latest project, working with the "pickers" in the largest garbage dump in the world, Jardim Gramacho, to reconstruct the works of old masters using garbage, with the pickers as his models.  Photos of the process are available here.  Below is the trailer for the film, which won the 2010 World Cinema Audience Award at Sundance.

Words

via Ryan Schick.
This is pure poetry, if you have the 3 minutes to watch.  Reminds me of the plastic bag sequence from "American Beauty." 

A stunning film from Will Hoffman and Daniel Mercadante to accompany Radiolab's Words episode, speaking with many adults who are learning the first words of their life.
With an original score by Keith Kenniff.
Radiolab's Words episode: http://blogs.wnyc.org/radiolab/2010/08/09/words/
Everynone: http://everynone.com/
Keith Kenniff: http://www.unseen-music.com

"Prisoners" premiere / Program 21 / Big Apple Film Festival

The premiere screening of the film, "Prisoners," DP'ed by filmmaker and photographer Brad DeCecco.

I'll be there, and you should be as well!

Prisoners

A man is hired to do an unusual but seemingly straightforward job. Then things start to go wrong ...

an award winning film directed by Lawrence Kim has been selected to appear at

The Big Apple Film Festival

Saturday, November 7th, 2009 at 6 pm

Please join us for the premiere screening of the film,

this is the first narrative film I have DP'd and the entire program promises some great work.

There is a party following the screening sponsored by Stella,

hold on to your ticket stub for admittance.

BUY TICKETS HERE (Do it soon as this will sell out):

https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/85040

*Make sure you purchase a ticket for "Program 21."