Portraits of Cinematographers

During his 35 years as a cinematographer, Owen Roizman has shot nearly 30 features and earned five Oscar nominations, for The French Connection (1971), The Exorcist (1973), Network (1976), Tootsie (1982) and Wyatt Earp (1994). Around 1996 Roizman was inspired by his friend, accomplished photographer Douglas Kirkland, to explore the new world then opening up in digital photography, thanks to the invention of new cameras and computer programs like Adobe Photoshop. This experimentation led to a regular assignment taking portraits of fellow cinematographers for the "Member Portrait" running in American Cinematographer magazine each month. To date, Roizman has shot over 100 American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) members, and this exhibition will showcase a selection of more than 75 of those portraits. The images on view reveal individuals who, since they are most often found on the other side of a motion picture camera, are rarely photographed themselves. The digital prints, all made by Roizman himself, vary in style and format, but are all connected by his excitement at capturing these rare depictions of his fellow directors of photography away from the set. The exhibit opens January 20 in the Academy's Grand Lobby Gallery; it is free and open to the public. Exhibit hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm and weekends, noon - 6:00 pm. For additional program information, please call (310) 247-3600 or visit online at www.oscars.org.

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